Inverter power assembly

ABSTRACT

An inverter power assembly includes: a mounting frame; a power module mounted on the mounting frame; and a capacitor electrically connected to the power module. The inverter power assembly has the power module mounted on the mounting frame and the capacitor electrically connected to the power module, which leads to a simple and compact structure and a reasonable arrangement for the entire inverter power assembly.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent ApplicationNo. 202020462983.1, titled “INVERTER POWER ASSEMBLY”, filed by ATLASCOPCO (WUXI) COMPRESSOR CO., LTD., on Apr. 1, 2020, and Chinese PatentApplication No. 202120366611.3, titled “Heat Sink”, filed by ATLAS COPCO(WUXI) COMPRESSOR CO., LTD., on Feb. 9, 2021, both of which are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of inverters and,more particularly, to an inverter power assembly.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The inverter power assembly includes a power module and a capacitor, andthe capacitor is electrically connected to the power module. However, inthe existing inverter power assembly, an arrangement of the power moduleand the capacitor is often unreasonable, which makes it impossible toselect relatively large specifications for the capacitor, and when thecapacitor is electrically connected to the power module, there are moreconnecting components, resulting in a complex structure and a bulkyvolume of the entire inverter power assembly. In addition, a coolingstructure of the power module is usually mounted on a mounting frametogether with the power module, which will also lead to the bulky volumeof the inverter power assembly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure aims to solve one of the above technical problemsin the related art at least to a certain extent. In view of this, thepresent disclosure proposes an inverter power assembly, which has asimple and compact structure.

The inverter power assembly according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure includes a mounting frame, a power module mounted on themounting frame, and a capacitor electrically connected to the powermodule, the mounting frame includes: a mounting underframe and at leastone mounting branch-arm. The mounting branch-arm is arranged on themounting underframe, and the power module is mounted on the mountingbranch-arm.

The inverter power assembly according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, by mounting the power module on the mounting frame and thenelectrically connecting the capacitor with the power module, can makethe entire inverter power assembly have a simple, compact structure andreasonable arrangement.

Furthermore, the mounting branch-arm and the mounting underframe areprovided therein with cooling chambers in communication with each other.

Specifically, the cooling chamber includes: an underframe coolingchamber located in the mounting underframe and a branch-arm coolingchamber located in the mounting branch-arm. The branch-arm coolingchamber is in communication with the underframe cooling chamber.

Furthermore, a partition plate is arranged in the branch-arm coolingchamber, the partition plate divides the branch-arm cooling chamber intoa branch-arm inlet chamber and a branch-arm outlet chamber, and thepartition plate is separated from an inner top wall of the branch-armcooling chamber, in such a manner that the branch-arm inlet chamber andthe branch-arm outlet chamber are in communication with each other attop of the branch-arm cooling chamber.

Specifically, the mounting underframe is provided with a first mediumport and a second medium port that are in communication with theunderframe cooling chamber, one of the first medium port and the secondmedium port is a medium inlet, and the other is a medium outlet.

Alternatively, the first medium port, the underframe cooling chamber,the branch-arm inlet chamber, the branch-arm outlet chamber, and thesecond medium port are connected in series to form a medium passagetherebetween.

Specifically, there is a plurality of mounting branch-arms, and thebranch-arm outlet chamber of the mounting branch-arm located at anupstream side of the medium passage is in communication with thebranch-arm inlet chamber of the adjacent mounting branch-arm at adownstream side of the medium passage through the underframe coolingchamber.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mountingframe further includes a capacitor support element having one end fixedon the mounting branch-arm and the other end adapted to support thecapacitor.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mountingframe further includes a mounting upper-frame arranged at top of themounting branch-arm and adapted to support the capacitor, and the powermodule is located between the mounting upper-frame and the mountingunderframe.

Further, the mounting upper-frame, the mounting branch-arm and themounting underframe are provided therein with cooling chambers that arein communication with each other.

Specifically, the cooling chambers include: an underframe coolingchamber located in the mounting underframe, an upper-frame coolingchamber located in the mounting upper-frame, and a branch-arm coolingchamber located in the mounting branch-arm. The branch-arm coolingchamber is in communication with the upper-frame cooling chamber and theunderframe cooling chamber.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the branch-armcooling chamber is a single-channel chamber structure.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a partitionplate is provided in a chamber of the branch-arm cooling chamber, thepartition plate divides the branch-arm cooling chamber into a pluralityof branch-arm sub-chambers, and each of the branch-arm sub-chambers isin communication with the upper-frame cooling chamber and the underframecooling chamber.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mountingunderframe is provided with a first medium port in communication withthe underframe cooling chamber, the mounting upper-frame is providedwith a second medium port in communication with the upper-frame coolingchamber, one of the first medium port and the second medium port is amedium inlet, and the other is a medium outlet.

Alternatively, the second medium port, the upper-frame cooling chamber,the branch-arm cooling chamber, the underframe cooling chamber, and thefirst medium port are connected in serial to form a medium passage.

Further, there is a plurality of the mounting branch-arms, a bottom endof the branch-arm cooling chamber of the mounting branch-arm incommunication with the second medium port is in communication with abottom end of the branch-arm cooling chamber of the adjacent mountingbranch-arm through the underframe cooling chamber, a top end of thebranch-arm cooling chamber of the mounting branch-arm that is incommunication with the first medium port is in communication with a topend of the branch-arm cooling chamber of the adjacent mountingbranch-arm through the upper-frame cooling chamber, and the branch-armcooling chambers of the other two adjacent mounting branch-arms are incommunication with each other in series through the upper-frame coolingchamber or through the underframe cooling chamber.

Alternatively, the mounting upper-frame is parallel to the mountingunderframe.

Alternatively, the mounting branch-arm is perpendicular to the mountingunderframe.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a plurality offins is provided in the branch-arm cooling chamber, the plurality of thefins has one end connected to the partition plate and the other endconnected to a chamber wall of the branch-arm cooling chamber, and a finsub-chamber is formed between two adjacent ones of the fins.

Alternatively, the plurality of the fins is parallel to each other.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mountingunderframe includes a first underframe and a second underframe. Themounting branch-arm is set up on the first underframe and the secondunderframe.

Further, cooling chambers in communication with each other are providedin the mounting branch-arm, the first underframe and the secondunderframe.

Specifically, the cooling chambers include: a first cooling chamberlocated in the first underframe, a second cooling chamber located in thesecond underframe and a branch-arm cooling chamber located in themounting branch-arm. The first cooling chamber and the branch-armcooling chamber are in communication with the second cooling chamber.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the firstunderframe is provided with a first medium port in communication withthe first cooling chamber, the second underframe is provided with asecond medium port in communication with the second cooling chamber, oneof the first medium port and the second medium port is a medium inlet,and the other is a medium outlet.

Alternatively, there is a plurality of the mounting branch-arms, and theplurality of the branch-arm cooling chambers is arranged in parallelbetween the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the firstunderframe is provided with a first underframe interface incommunication with the first cooling chamber, the second underframe isprovided with a second underframe interface in communication with thesecond cooling chamber, the mounting branch-arm is provided with abranch-arm first interface and a branch-arm second interface that are incommunication with the branch-arm cooling chamber, the branch-arm firstinterface is in communication with the first underframe interface, andthe branch-arm second interface is in communication with the secondunderframe interface.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, at least oneside surface of two reversely arranged side surfaces of each of themounting branch-arms is mounted with the power module.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, one of themounting branch-arm and the power module is provided with a positioningprotrusion, and the other is provided with a positioning recess adaptedto position and mate with the positioning protrusion.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the capacitoris located on top of the mounting frame.

Further, the inverter power assembly further includes: a first polarplate and a second polar plate. The first polar plate and the secondpolar plate are arranged at an end of the power module, and both thepower module and the capacitor are electrically connected to the firstpolar plate and the second polar plate.

Further, the capacitor has a first terminal and a second terminal, thefirst terminal is adapted to be electrically connected to the firstpolar plate, and the second terminal is adapted to be electricallyconnected to the second polar plate.

Further, a first capacitor connecting portion is provided on the firstpolar plate, and the first terminal is electrically connected to thefirst capacitor connecting portion. A second capacitor connectingportion is provided on the second polar plate, and the second terminalis electrically connected to the second capacitor connecting portion.

Specifically, the first capacitor connecting portion and the secondcapacitor connecting portion are configured as plate-shaped structureslocated between the capacitor and the mounting frame.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the powermodule has a first busbar and a second busbar, the first busbar iselectrically connected to the first polar plate, and the second busbaris electrically connected to the second polar plate.

Further, the first polar plate is provided with a first polar piece, andthe first polar piece extends towards the power module and is adapted tobe electrically connected to the first busbar. The second polar plate isprovided with a second polar piece, and the second polar piece extendstowards the power module and is adapted to be electrically connected tothe second busbar.

Further, the first busbar has a first busbar adapter end plate, and thefirst polar piece and the first busbar adapter end plate are fixedlyconnected by a first bolt. The second busbar has a second busbar adapterend plate, and the second polar piece and the second busbar adapter endplate are fixedly connected by a second bolt.

The inverter power assembly according to some other embodiment of thepresent disclosure includes a mounting frame, a power module mounted onthe mounting frame, and a capacitor electrically connected to the powermodule, the mounting frame is configured as a flat mounting frame, andat least one side surface of two reversely arranged side surfaces of themounting frame is mounted with the power module.

Specifically, the two reversely arranged side surfaces are side surfaceshaving the largest area of the shown mounting frame.

Alternatively, one of the at least one side surface and the power moduleis provided with a positioning protrusion, and the other is providedwith a positioning recess adapted to position and mate with thepositioning protrusion.

In some other embodiment according to the present disclosure, themounting frame comprises: a housing, the cooling chamber is formed inthe housing, and the housing is provided with a connecting hole; afixing member, the fixing member is installed in the cooling chamber,and the fixing member is provided with a fixing hole arranged directlyopposite to the connecting hole, and the connecting member is adapted topass through the connecting hole to fit to the fixing hole in order tofix the power module to the housing.

Further, a heat exchange member is provided in the cooling chamber.

Specifically, the heat exchange member comprises at least one fin, andthe at least one fin and the fixing member are arranged in the coolingchamber.

Further, the number of the fixing member is at least one, and the atleast one fixing member and the at least one fin are distributedalternatively.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the number ofboth the fixing hole and the connecting hole is at least one, and the atleast one fixing hole is in one-to-one correspondence to the at leastone connecting hole.

Further, the fixing member is structured into a strip shape, and thereare a plurality of the fixing holes, and the plurality of the fixingholes are sequentially arranged spaced apart along a length direction ofthe fixing member.

Specifically, the fixing member is constructed as a metal strip, and thefixing member is suitable for being fixed to an inner wall of thecooling cavity by brazing.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the housingcomprises an upper cover, a lower cover and a side frame, the uppercover and the lower cover are respectively used to close upper and lowerends of the side frame to define the cooling chamber, and the connectinghole includes an upper connecting hole provided on the upper cover.

Further, the connecting hole further comprises a lower connecting holeprovided on the lower cover.

Alternatively, the fixing hole is configured as a through hole and/or ablind hole penetrating in the thickness direction of the fixing member,the connecting member includes an upper connecting member, and the upperconnecting member penetrates the upper connecting hole and the fixinghole to fix a first power module to the housing.

Specifically, the connecting member further comprises a lower connectingmember, and the lower connecting member penetrates the lower connectinghole and the fixing hole to fix a second power module to the housing.

Alternatively, the fixing hole is configured as a through holepenetrating along the thickness direction of the fixing member, and theconnecting member penetrates the upper connecting hole, the fixing holeand the lower connecting hole to fix a first power module and/or asecond power module to the housing.

Alternatively, the fixing hole comprises an upper fixing hole providedon an upper surface of the fixing member and/ or a lower fixing holeprovided on a lower surface of the fixing member, and the upper fixinghole and/or the lower fixing hole are configured as blind holes; whereinthe connecting member includes an upper connecting member and/or a lowerconnecting member, the upper connecting member penetrates the upperconnecting hole and the upper fixing hole to fix a first power module tothe housing, and the lower connecting member penetrates the lowerconnecting hole and the lower fixing hole to fix a second power moduleto the housing.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, characterizedin that, an outer side wall of the side frame is provided with a firstmedium port and a second medium port, one of the first medium port andthe second medium port is a medium inlet and the other one is a mediumoutlet, two ends of the fixing member are spaced apart from an innerside wall of the side frame, and the heat exchange member is formedtherein a from heat exchange flow channel communicating from the firstmedium port to the second medium port.

Further, the first medium port is the medium inlet and the second mediumport is the medium outlet, an inner side surface of at least one of theupper cover and the lower cover is provided with a diversion plate, thediversion plate is located at an end of the heat exchange member closeto the first medium port, and the diversion plate is configured to beinclined from the first medium port towards a direction close to thesecond medium port.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, there is acooling chamber in the mounting frame.

Further, a partition plate is provided in a chamber of the coolingchamber, the partition plate divides the cooling chamber into a firstcooling sub-chamber and a second cooling sub-chamber, and the partitionplate is separated from another inner side wall of the cooling chamber,so that the first cooling sub-chamber and the second cooling sub-chamberare in communication with each other at a side of the cooling chamber.

Further, the mounting frame is provided with a first medium port incommunication with the first cooling sub-chamber and a second mediumport in communication with the second cooling sub-chamber, one of thefirst medium port and the second medium port is a medium inlet, and theother is a medium outlet.

Alternatively, the first medium port, the first cooling sub-chamber, thesecond cooling sub-chamber, and the second medium port are connected inserials to form a medium passage.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a plurality offins is provided in a chamber of the cooling chamber, the plurality ofthe fins has one end connected to the partition plate and the other endconnected to a chamber wall of the cooling chamber, and a finsub-chamber is formed between two adjacent ones of the fins.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the capacitoris located on top or bottom of the mounting frame.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the inverterpower assembly further includes: a first polar plate and a second polarplate. The first polar plate and the second polar plate are arranged atan end of the power module, and both the power module and the capacitorare electrically connected to the first polar plate and the second polarplate.

Further, the power module has a first busbar and a second busbar, thefirst busbar is electrically connected to the first polar plate, and thesecond busbar is electrically connected to the second polar plate.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first polarplate is provided with a first polar piece, and the first polar pieceextends towards the power module and is adapted to be electricallyconnected to the first busbar. The second polar plate is provided with asecond polar piece, and the second polar piece extends towards the powermodule and is adapted to be electrically connected to the second busbar.

Further, the first busbar has a first busbar adapter end plate, and thefirst polar piece and the first busbar adapter end plate are fixedlyconnected by a first bolt. The second busbar has a second busbar adapterend plate, and the second polar piece and the second busbar adapter endplate are fixedly connected by a second bolt.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the inverterpower assembly further includes: a first terminal board and a secondterminal board. The capacitor has a first terminal and a secondterminal, the first terminal is adapted to be electrically connected tothe first terminal board, and the second terminal is adapted to beelectrically connected to the second terminal board.

Further, the first polar plate is adapted to be electrically connectedto the first terminal board, and the second polar plate is adapted to beelectrically connected to the second terminal board.

Further, the first terminal board achieves an electrical connection withthe first polar plate through the first polar piece, and the secondterminal board achieves an electrical connection with the second polarplate through the second polar piece.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mountingframe has a first side surface facing the capacitor, and the first sidesurface is provided with the power module. The first terminal board hasa first terminal piece, and the first terminal piece, the first polarpiece extending towards the first side surface, and the first busbaradapter end plate on the first side surface are fixedly connectedthrough the first bolt. The second terminal board has a second terminalpiece, and the second terminal piece, the second polar piece extendingtowards the first side surface, and the second busbar adapter end plateon the first side surface are fixedly connected by the second bolt.

Further, the mounting frame has a second side surface facing away fromthe capacitor, and the second side surface is provided with the powermodule. The first polar piece extending towards the second side surfaceand the first busbar adapter end plate on the second side surface arefixedly connected by the first bolt. The second polar piece extendingtowards the second side surface and the second busbar adapter end plateon the second side surface are fixedly connected by the second bolt.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mountingframe has a plurality of mounting areas located in the same plane, aplurality of the power modules is mounted in a tiled manner in thecorresponding mounting areas, and the capacitor is arranged on a side ofthe plurality of the power modules facing away from the mounting frame.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the powermodule includes: a substrate, wherein a first side of the substrate hasa first side surface, the substrate is mounted on the mounting frame, orthe substrate is a part of the mounting frame; a tablet structurelocated at the first side of the substrate; a plurality of stackedbusbars; a power structure pressed against the first side surface by thetablet structure and having a plurality of pins each connected to acorresponding busbar and electrically insulated from the remainingbusbars.

Further, a holding structure is further included and configured to holdthe tablet structure at the first side of the substrate.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the powerstructure includes: a first power structure and a second powerstructure. The first power structure and the second power structure arespaced apart. The tablet structure includes: a tablet body and a tabletarm. The tablet arm is connected to the tablet body and used to pressthe power structure. The tablet arm includes: a first tablet arm and asecond tablet arm. The first tablet arm is used to press the first powerstructure, and the second tablet arm is used to press the second powerstructure. The tablet body is located between the first power structureand the second power structure.

Specifically, the first power structure has a first connecting leg, thesecond power structure has a second connecting leg, the first connectingleg and the second connecting leg are respectively located on oppositeouter sides of the first power structure and the second power structure,and the tablet body is located between opposite inner sides of the firstpower structure and the second power structure.

Alternatively, the tablet body is formed as a recessed groove structurerecessed towards the first side surface, an opening of the tablet bodyfaces away from the first side surface, the first tablet arm and thesecond tablet arm are respectively connected to two ends of the openingof the tablet body, and the first tablet arm and the second tablet armextend in directions facing away from each other.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the busbarsinclude: a first busbar, a second busbar and a third busbar. An end ofthe first busbar is provided with a first busbar adapter end plate, anend of the second busbar is provided with a second busbar adapter endplate, the first busbar adapter end plate and the second busbar adapterend plate are located at the same end and arranged side by side, andanother end of the third busbar opposite to the first busbar adapter endplate is provided with a third busbar adapter end plate.

The additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will bepartly given in the following description, and some will become obviousfrom the following description or be learned through practice of thepresent disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective assembled schematic view of a power unit;

FIG. 2 is an assembled side view of a power unit;

FIG. 3 is a perspective exploded schematic view of a power unit;

FIG. 4 is an exploded side view of a power unit;

FIG. 5 is a perspective schematic view of a tablet structure;

FIG. 6 is a perspective exploded schematic view of a power unitassembly;

FIG. 7 is a perspective assembled schematic view of a power unitassembly;

FIG. 8 is an assembled side view of a power unit assembly;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of connection between a power structure andthree layers of busbars;

FIG. 10 is a perspective exploded schematic view of a power unit, asecond busbar and a third busbar;

FIG. 11 is a perspective assembled schematic view of a power unit, asecond busbar and a third busbar;

FIG. 12 is a perspective exploded schematic view of a power unit and athird busbar;

FIG. 13 is a perspective assembled schematic view of a power unit and athird busbar;

FIG. 14 is a perspective exploded schematic view of a power unitassembly and a driving circuit board;

FIG. 15 is a perspective assembled schematic view of a power unitassembly and a driving circuit board;

FIG. 16 is an assembled side view of a power unit assembly and a drivingcircuit board;

FIG. 17 is an assembled schematic view of an inverter power assembly ofa first embodiment;

FIGS. 18-19 are exploded schematic views of an inverter power assemblyof a first embodiment;

FIG. 20 is a schematic view of connections between a capacitor and apower module;

FIG. 21 is a perspective schematic view of a mounting frame of a firstembodiment;

FIG. 22 is a right side view of a mounting frame of a first embodiment;

FIGS. 23-24 are cross-sectional views taken along A′-A′ and B′-B′ ofFIG. 22 respectively;

FIG. 25 is a front view of a mounting frame of a first embodiment;

FIGS. 26-28 are cross-sectional views taken along C′-C′, D′-D′, andE′-E′ of FIG. 25 , respectively;

FIG. 29 is an assembled schematic view of an inverter power assembly ofa second embodiment;

FIG. 30 is an exploded schematic view of an inverter power assembly of asecond embodiment;

FIG. 31 is a perspective schematic view of a mounting frame of a secondembodiment;

FIG. 32 is a right side view of a mounting frame of a second embodiment;

FIGS. 33-34 are cross-sectional views respectively taken along A-A andB-B of FIG. 32 ;

FIG. 35 is a front view of a mounting frame of a second embodiment;

FIGS. 36-39 are cross-sectional views respectively taken along C-C, D-D,E-E, F-F of FIG. 35 ;

FIGS. 40-41 are assembled schematic views of an inverter power assemblyof a third embodiment;

FIGS. 42-43 are exploded schematic views of an inverter power assemblyof a third embodiment;

FIG. 44 is a perspective schematic view of a mounting frame of a thirdembodiment;

FIG. 45 is a perspective schematic view of a mounting frame according tosome other implementations of the third embodiment;

FIG. 46 is an exploded view of a mounting frame according to some otherimplementations of the third embodiment;

FIG. 47 is an assembled view of a mounting frame and a power moduleaccording to some other implementations of the third embodiment;

FIG. 48 is a top view of a mounting frame (without an upper cover)according to some other implementations of the third embodiment;

FIG. 49 is a view of a mounting frame of the third embodiment shown inFIG. 44 in an S direction;

FIG. 50 is a cross-sectional view taken along A″-A″ of FIG. 49 ;

FIG. 51 is a view of a mounting frame of the third embodiment shown inFIG. 44 in a T direction;

FIG. 52 is a cross-sectional view taken along B″-B″ of FIG. 51 ;

FIG. 53 is a view of a mounting frame of the third embodiment shown inFIG. 44 in a R direction;

FIGS. 54-55 are assembled schematic views of an inverter power assemblyof a fourth embodiment; and

FIGS. 56-57 are exploded schematic views of an inverter power assemblyof a fourth embodiment.

REFERENCE SIGNS

power module 10000, power unit assembly 1000, power unit 100, substrate10, tablet structure 20, tablet body 21, tablet body positioning hole211, tablet arm 22, first tablet arm 221, second tablet arm 222, tabletconnecting portion 23, bending section 24, power structure 30, firstpower structure 31, first connecting leg 311, second power structure 32,second connecting leg 321, first pin 331, second pin 332, third pin 333,holding structure 45, first holding structure 40, second holdingstructure 50, positioning sheet 60, positioning opening 61, annularpositioning rib 62, positioning sheet through hole 63, heat-insulationstructure 60′, first busbar 201, first busbar connecting portion 2011,first busbar adapter end plate 2012, first busbar body 2013, firstbusbar connecting portion through hole 2014, second busbar 202, secondbusbar connecting portion 2021, second busbar adapter end plate 2022,second busbar body 2023, second busbar connecting portion through hole2024, third busbar 203, first busbar connecting portion 2031, thirdbusbar adapter end plate 2032, third busbar body 2033, third busbarconnecting portion through hole 2034, driving circuit board 2000;

inverter power assembly 20000, mounting frame 3000, capacitor 3003,first terminal 30031, second terminal 30032, first polar plate 3006,first polar piece 30061, first bolt 30062, first capacitor connectingportion 30063, first polar plate 3007, second polar piece 30071, secondbolt 30072, second capacitor connecting portion 30073, positioningprotrusion 3008, first terminal board 3017, first terminal piece 30171,second terminal board 3018, second terminal piece 30181, mountingunderframe 4001, first underframe 40011, first underframe interface400111, second underframe 40012, second underframe interface 400121,mounting branch-arm 4002, partition plate 40021, fin 40022, branch-armfirst interface 40023, branch-arm second interface 40024, mountingupper-frame 4003, capacitor support element 4004, cooling chamber 4005,underframecooling chamber 40051, branch-arm cooling chamber 40052,branch-arm inlet chamber 400521, branch-arm outlet chamber 400522,branch-arm sub-chamber 400523, upper-frame cooling chamber 40053, firstcooling sub-chamber 40054, second cooling sub-chamber 40055, firstmedium port 4006, second medium port 4007 sealing ring 4008;

housing 1 a, upper cover 11 a, upper connecting hole 111 a, lower cover12 a, lower connecting hole 121 a, side frame 13 a, diversion plate 133a, fixing member 2 a, fixing hole 21 a, upper connecting member 41 a,lower connecting member 42 a, first power module 51 a, and second powermodule 52 a.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detailbelow, examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanyingdrawings, and same or similar reference numerals indicate same orsimilar elements or elements having same or similar functions all theway. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanyingdrawings are exemplary, and intended to explain the present disclosure,but should not be understood as a limitation to the present disclosure.

In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understoodthat orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms“longitudinal”, “lateral”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “upper”,“lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”,“top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer” and the like are based on orientationsor positional relationships shown in the drawings and are only for theconvenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying thedescription, rather than indicating or implying that the referred deviceor element must have a specific orientation and be constructed andoperated in a specific orientation, and therefore it cannot beunderstood as a limitation of the present disclosure.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise clearly stipulated andlimited, terms such as terms “installation”, “in communication with”,“connected”, “fixed” should be understood in a broad sense, for example,it can be fixed connection, detachable connection, or integrated intoone piece; it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection,or it can be communication with each other; it can be direct connectionor indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and it can becommunication of interiors of two components or an interactionrelationship between two components. For those of ordinary skill in theart, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present disclosurecan be understood according to specific circumstances.

A power module 10000 according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1to 16 .

Referring to FIGS. 1-4 and 6-16 , the power module 10000 according tothe embodiment of the present disclosure may include a power unitassembly 1000 and a driving circuit board 2000. Alternatively, thedriving circuit board 2000 is located above the power unit assembly1000.

The power unit assembly 1000 may include: a power unit 100, and aplurality of stacked busbars, and the power unit 100 may include: asubstrate 10, a tablet structure 20 and a power structure 30. Thesubstrate 10 has a first side surface at a first side (i.e., an upperside in FIG. 2 ) thereof, the tablet structure 20 is located at thefirst side of the substrate 10, and the power structure 30 is pressedagainst the first side surface of the substrate 10 by the tabletstructure 20.

By pressing the power structure 30 against the first side surface of thesubstrate 10 using the tablet structure 20, the power structure 30 canbe firmly and reliably mounted on the substrate 10.

The power structure 30 has a plurality of pins, and each pin isconnected to a corresponding busbar and electrically insulated from theremaining busbars, so that a good insulation performance can be ensuredbetween the pin and the other busbars. The pin and the correspondingbusbar can be connected either through punching or directly.

For the power module 10000 according to the embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the power structure 30 is pressed against the substrate 10by the tablet structure 20, and the pin of the power structure 30 isconnected to the corresponding busbar and electrically insulated fromthe other busbars, leading to a compact structure and a high integratedlevel for the whole power module 10000.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5 , the power unit 100 further includes aholding structure 45 configured to hold the tablet structure 20 at thefirst side of the substrate 10.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5 , the holding structure 45 includes a firstholding structure 40. The first holding structure 40 extends from thesubstrate 10 in a direction facing away from the first side surface, andpenetrates the tablet structure 20. The tablet structure 20 is held atthe first side of the substrate 10 by the first holding structure 40,such that the power structure 30 is held at the first side of thesubstrate 10 by the tablet structure 20 pressing the power structure 30.In other words, referring to FIG. 2 , the first holding structure 40penetrates the tablet structure 20 from bottom to top, and the tabletstructure 20 is held at the first side of the substrate 10 by the firstholding structure 40. That is, when the first holding structure 40penetrates the tablet structure 20, a relative position between thetablet structure 20 and the substrate 10 is determined, and the firstholding structure 40 can play a role in positioning the tablet structure20.

In some unshown embodiments, the tablet structure 20 can also bedirectly fixed, such as welded, on the substrate 10, while the holdingstructure 45 is eliminated, thereby facilitating reducing the number ofconnecting components and thus reducing a weight of the power unit 100.

Further, referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 , the holding structure 45 furtherincludes a second holding structure 50. The second holding structure 50,through being fitted and connected to the first holding structure 40,makes the tablet structure 20 be held at the first side of the substrate10. The second holding structure 50 is connected to the first holdingstructure 40 at a side of the tablet structure 20 facing away from thesubstrate 10. As shown in FIG. 2 , the second holding structure 50 isconnected to the first holding structure 40 at an upper side of thetablet structure 20, and there is a wide space at an upper side of thetablet structure 20, leaving an operation space for installation anddisassembly of the second holding structure 50. The tablet structure 20is sandwiched between the second holding structure 50 and the substrate10, and the power structure 30 is sandwiched between the tabletstructure 20 and the substrate 10.

In the description of the present disclosure, terms “first” and “second”are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood asindicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating thenumber of technical features indicated. Thus, the features defined withthe “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one ormore of these features. In addition, unless otherwise specificallydefined, “plurality” means at least two, such as two, three, etc.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 , the first holding structure 40is configured as a columnar structure, the second holding structure 50is configured as a ring structure, with which the columnar structure issleeved, and the tablet structure 20 is sandwiched between the secondholding structure 50 and the substrate 10, to prevent the tabletstructure 20 from being separated from the substrate 10.

Specifically, the first holding structure 40 is perpendicular to thefirst side surface of the substrate 10, and the first holding structure40 has a free end far away from the substrate 10, and the first holdingstructure 40 is sleeved with the second holding structure 50 in arotatable manner from the side of the tablet structure 20 facing awayfrom the substrate 10, thereby facilitating a quick connection ordetachment between the second holding structure 50 and the first holdingstructure 40.

In some alternative embodiments, the first holding structure 40 isconfigured as a screw rod having external threads, the second holdingstructure 50 is configured as a nut having internal threads, and the nutis fitted to the screw rod by screwing, to facilitate installation anddisassembly of the tablet structure 20.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 , the second holding structure 50 is pressedagainst the side of the tablet structure 20 facing away from thesubstrate 10, and the second holding structure 50 can exert on thetablet structure 20 a pressing force towards the substrate 10, toprevent the tablet structure 20 from shaking, thereby leading to themore reliable connection between the tablet structure 20 and thesubstrate 10.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5 , the tablet structure 20 includes a tabletbody 21 formed as a recessed groove structure recessed towards the firstside surface. An opening of the tablet body 21 faces away from the firstside surface. Referring to FIGS. 2 and 4 , the tablet body 21 is formedas a recessed groove structure that is recessed downward, and theopening of the tablet body 21 faces upward.

Further, at least a part of the second holding structure 50 is locatedin the recessed groove of the tablet body 21, and an end surface of thefree end of the first holding structure 40 facing away from thesubstrate 10 (that is, an upper end surface of the first holdingstructure 40) is also located in the recessed groove, such that adistance between the end surface of the free end of the first holdingstructure 40 facing away from the substrate 10 and the substrate 10 canbe shortened, and a distance between the second holding structure 50 andthe substrate 10 can be shortened. Thus, the holding structure 45 islocated in the recessed groove of the tablet body 21 as much aspossible, which can reduce a dimension of the power unit 100 in a heightdirection and form relatively large usable space above the tabletstructure 20, thereby facilitating leaving an installation space forother components and thus preventing mutual interference during theinstallation.

In an embodiment shown in FIG. 2 , an entirety of the second holdingstructure 50 is located in the recessed groove, and the upper endsurface of the first holding structure 40 is also located in therecessed groove, so that the dimension of the power unit 100 in theheight direction can be further reduced.

Referring to FIG. 2 , an overlapping dimension of the second holdingstructure 50 and the power structure 30 in a thickness direction of thepower structure 30 exceeds half of a thickness of the second holdingstructure 50, such that the second holding structure 50 can be locatedin the recessed groove of the tablet body 21 as much as possible,thereby further reducing the distance between the second holdingstructure 50 and the substrate 10.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5 , the second holding structure 50 ispressed against a tablet body bottom wall of the tablet body 21, thefirst holding structure 40 penetrates the tablet body bottom wall, and atablet body positioning hole 211 fitted to the first holding structure40 is formed in the tablet body bottom wall, so that after the firstholding structure 40 penetrates the tablet body positioning hole 211 onthe tablet body bottom wall, the tablet structure 20 can bepreliminarily positioned, to facilitate subsequently using the secondholding structure 50 to fix the tablet structure 20.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the tablet structure 20 includes a tablet body 21and a tablet arm 22. The tablet arm 22 is connected to the tablet body21. Referring to FIGS. 1 to 2 , the tablet arm 22 is used to press thepower structure 30, and the power structure 30 is sandwiched between thetablet structure 20 and the substrate 10.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 , the power structure 30 may include a firstpower structure 31 and a second power structure 32 that are spaced apartfrom each other. The tablet arm 22 includes a first tablet arm 221 and asecond tablet arm 222. The first tablet arm 221 is used to press thefirst power structure 31, the second tablet arm 222 is used to press thesecond power structure 32, the tablet body 21 is located between thefirst power structure 31 and the second power structure 32, and theholding structure 45 is also located between the first power structure31 and the second power structure 32.

Further, the first power structure 31 has a first connecting leg 311,the second power structure 32 has a second connecting leg 321, the firstconnecting leg 311 and the second connecting leg 321 are respectivelylocated on opposite outer sides of the first power structure 31 and thesecond power structure 32, and the tablet body 21 is located betweenopposite inner sides of the first power structure 31 and the secondpower structure 32.

Alternatively, an angle between a direction along which the firstconnecting leg 311 protrudes from the first power structure 31 and adirection along which the second connecting leg 321 protrudes from thesecond power structure 32 is 180 degrees. That is, pins of the firstconnecting leg 311 and the second connecting leg 321 are both providedoutwards, leaving a middle space between the first power structure 31and the second power structure 32, which allows the holding structure 45to fix the tablet structure 20 on the substrate 10 from the middlespace.

The pins of the first connecting leg 311 and the second connecting leg321 each include: a first pin 331, a second pin 332 and a third pin 333.Each of the pins is adapted to be electrically connected to the drivingcircuit board 2000 or a corresponding busbar.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 4 , the first connecting leg 311 protrudes fromthe first power structure 31 towards left, and the second connecting leg321 protrudes from the second power structure 32 towards right, and anangle between the two directions is 180 degrees, such that it ispossible to prevent an interference between the first power structure 31and the second power structure 32 due to a relatively close distancebetween the first connecting leg 311 and the second connecting leg 321when the first connecting leg 311 and the second connecting leg 321 facetowards each other. Moreover, when the first power structure 31 and thesecond power structure 32 are connected to the corresponding busbar ordriving circuit board 2000, the first connecting leg 311 and the secondconnecting leg 321 both face outward, and there is plenty of space tofacilitate corresponding operations.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3 , the first power structure 31 and the secondpower structure 32 are spaced apart in a first direction of thesubstrate 10, for example, facing towards each other. There is aplurality of the first power structures 31 arranged on the substrate 10in a second direction of the substrate 10, a plurality of the secondpower structures 32 arranged on the substrate 10 in the seconddirection, and a plurality of tablet structures 20 arranged along thesecond direction. The first direction and the second direction areperpendicular to each other. The holding structure 45 is configured tohold the plurality of the tablet structures 20 at the first side of thesubstrate 10. When the substrate 10 is rectangular, the first directionmay be a width direction of the substrate 10 and the second directionmay be a length direction of the substrate 10.

Further, the plurality of the first power structures 31, the pluralityof the tablet structures 20, and the plurality of the second powerstructures 32 are in one-to-one correspondence in the first direction. Apair of oppositely arranged first power structure 31 and second powerstructure 32 can be pressed against the substrate 10 by the same tabletstructure 20.

In some embodiments, the plurality of the tablet structures 20 may bemutually independent.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 5 , the plurality of thetablet structures 20 is connected into one piece by a tablet connectingportion 23, such that an assembly process of the plurality of the tabletstructures 20 is saved, thereby facilitating improving an assemblyefficiency of the power unit 100. Moreover, the tablet structures 20connected into one piece can press a plurality of the power structures30 concurrently, leading to a high crimping efficiency. The one-piecetablet structure 20 is pressed against the substrate 10 by two or moreof the holding structures 45.

Further, the tablet connecting portion 23 is connected between thetablet bodies 21 of two adjacent tablet structures 20, and a width ofthe tablet connecting portion 23 may be equal to a width of the tabletbody 21.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 5 , the tablet structure 20includes a tablet body 21 and a tablet arm 22. The first holdingstructure 40 penetrates the tablet body 21, the tablet arm 22 isconnected side by side with the tablet body 21 in the first direction ofthe substrate 10, and the tablet arm 22 is used to press the powerstructure 30. There is a plurality of the tablet structures 20 connectedto each other in the second direction of the substrate 10, and the firstdirection and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.

Further, the tablet arm 22 may include: a first tablet arm 221 and asecond tablet arm 222 that are symmetrically connected to both sides ofthe tablet body 21. In addition, the tablet bodies 21 of two adjacentones of the tablet structures 20 are connected to each other through thetablet connecting portion 23.

Referring to FIGS. 2, 4, and 5 , the tablet body 21 is formed as arecessed groove structure recessed towards the first side surface, theopening of the tablet body 21 faces away from the first side surface,the first tablet arm 221 and the second tablet arm 222 are respectivelyconnected to two ends of the opening of the tablet body 21, and thefirst tablet arm 221 and the second tablet arm 222 extend in directionsfacing away from each other. Referring to FIGS. 2 and 4 , the tabletbody 21 is formed as a recessed groove structure that is recesseddownward, the opening of the tablet body 21 faces upward, the firsttablet arm 221 extends to the left, and the second tablet arm 222extends to the right.

In some alternative embodiments, the power unit 100 of the power module10000 may further include: a positioning portion for positioning thepower structure 30 on the substrate 10, to ensure that a position of thepower structure 30 on the substrate 10 is accurate, to prevent the powerstructure 30 from shaking randomly on the substrate 10.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 , the positioning portionincludes: a positioning sheet 60. The positioning sheet 60 is providedwith a through positioning opening 61 matching the power structure 30.For example, an outer peripheral surface of the power structure 30 andthe positioning opening 61 are both rectangular, the power structure 30is positioned in the positioning opening 61, and a bottom of the powerstructure 30 is directly attached to the substrate 10. The substrate 10can be a metal substrate 10, heat of the power structure 30 can betransferred to the substrate 10, and a cooling device or a heatingdevice may be provided under the substrate 10 to cool or heat the powerstructure 30.

Alternatively, as shown in FIGS. 3-4 , the positioning sheet 60 is alsoprovided with an annular positioning rib 62 surrounding the positioningopening 61, and the annular positioning rib 62 matches the outerperipheral surface of the power structure 30. The annular positioningrib 62 protrudes from a surface of the positioning sheet 60, so thatpositioning firmness of the power structure 30 can be increased, therebyleading to the better positioning effect.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 , the positioning sheet 60 isan insulating positioning sheet, and the positioning sheet 60 isadhesively fixed to the first side surface of the substrate 10.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3 , the positioning sheet 60 is provided with apositioning sheet through hole 63 for matching the first holdingstructure 40 and allowing the first holding structure 40 to pass throughto form positioning fitting, and after the first holding structure 40passes through the positioning sheet through hole 63, the positioningsheet 60 can be initially positioned. The first holding structure 40passes through the positioning sheet through hole 63 on the positioningsheet 60 and the tablet body positioning hole 211 on the tablet body 21to be connected to the second holding structure 50, so as to fix thepositioning sheet 60 and the tablet structure 20 between the secondholding structure 50 and the substrate 10.

In some alternative embodiments, the power unit 100 may further includea heat-insulation structure 60′ provided on the first side surface ofthe substrate 10 in a form of surrounding the power structure 30. Theheat-insulation structure 60′ is located between the power structure 30and the substrate 10, and the heat-insulation structure 60′ can separatethe power structure 30 from the substrate 10, to prevent the heat of thepower structure 30 from affecting the components under the substrate 10while preventing heat under the substrate 10 from being transferredupward to the power structure 30.

In some alternative embodiments, the first side surface of the substrate10 faces towards the busbar.

Referring to FIGS. 2, 4, and 5 , the tablet structure 20 is constructedas a seagull wing shape, and the tablet structure 20 may include atablet body 21, a first tablet arm 221, and a second tablet arm 222. Thefirst tablet arm 221 and the second tablet arm 222 are symmetricallyconnected to both sides of the tablet body 21, and free ends of thefirst tablet arm 221 and the second tablet arm 222 each have a bendingsection 24 bending towards the substrate 10. The bending section 24 isadapted to press the power structure 30 so that the power structure 30is pressed against the substrate 10.

A relatively large planar space is formed above the tablet structure 20,leaving an installation space for other components (taking the busbar asan example) while significantly reducing dimensions of the power unit100 and the busbar assembly in the height direction.

An installation space for the power structure is formed between thetablet arm 22 and the substrate 10, and the power structure 30 isadapted to be mounted in the installation space of the power structure.

Referring to FIGS. 6-16 , the power structure 30 has a plurality ofpins, for example, the first pin 331, the second pin 332, and the thirdpin 333 of the first connecting leg 311 and the second connecting leg321, and at least one of the pins is connected, in a form of penetratingonly one layer of the busbar, to the penetrated busbar, and the at leastone pin is staggered from and electrically insulated from the otherbusbars. In other words, the at least one pin does not need to penetrateother busbars, and it is only needed to punch holes in the penetratedbusbar, so that the at least one pin penetrates this hole, therebyreducing the number of the holes punched on the other busbars andsimplifying a production process of the power unit assembly 1000.Moreover, the at least one pin is staggered from the other busbars, anda good insulation performance between the at least one pin and the otherbusbars can be ensured.

The pin is connected, in the form of penetrating only one layer of thebusbar, to the penetrated busbar, and this pin is staggered from theother busbars, such that the number of the holes punched on the otherbusbars can be reduced, to simplify a manufacturing process of thebusbar and facilitate achieving the better electrical insulationperformance between the pin and the other busbars.

In some alternative embodiments, the busbar has a busbar connectingportion, at least one pin of the power unit 100 is connected to thebusbar in a form of penetrating only one layer of the busbar connectingportion, and the busbar connecting portion is configured in a sheetshape. In other words, for the busbar, the busbar connecting portion isonly provided at a position that needs to be connected to the pin, whileno physical structure may be provided at a position staggered from thepin, thereby facilitating saving a material of the busbar and thussaving cost.

Alternatively, the busbar and the corresponding busbar connectingportion are on the same plane, thereby facilitating simplification ofthe structure of the busbar and processing and manufacturing of thebusbar while reducing stray inductance.

Alternatively, the busbar and the corresponding busbar connectingportion are formed by a blanking process, which is simple and efficient,thereby facilitating shortening processing time of the busbar.

In some alternative embodiments, the busbar connecting portion protrudesfrom at least one side edge of the corresponding busbar, and the busbarconnecting portion is directly connected to the corresponding busbar. Inother words, the busbar connecting portion is connected to thecorresponding busbar without other connectors, so that the busbarstructure is simple, thereby facilitating simplifying the processingprocess of the busbar while reducing the stray inductance.

In some alternative embodiments, the busbar connecting portion isprovided with a busbar connecting portion through hole that allows thepin to pass through. The pin of the power structure 30 extends into acorresponding busbar connecting portion through hole and is electricallyconnected to the busbar where the busbar connecting portion is located.

In some alternative embodiments, in two busbar connecting portionscorresponding to two adjacent pins, the busbar connecting portionthrough hole on one of the busbar connecting portions is located outsidea contour of the other one of the busbar connecting portions, so that itcan be ensured that each of the pins is only connected to the busbarconnecting portion through hole on the corresponding busbar connectingportion without being connected to the busbar connecting portion throughhole on other busbar connecting portions. It should be noted that the“two adjacent pins” mentioned here can be two adjacent pins of the samepower structure 30 or two adjacent pins of different power structures30.

In some alternative embodiments, referring to FIGS. 6-13 , two of thepins in the same power structure 30 are respectively connected to thebusbar connecting portions of the two corresponding busbars, and each ofthe pins is only connected to and penetrate the corresponding busbarconnecting portion. Referring to FIGS. 14-16 , the remaining one pin inthe same power structure 30 is adapted to be connected to the drivingcircuit board 2000.

Referring to FIGS. 6-9 , the busbar includes: a first busbar 201, asecond busbar 202 and a third busbar 203. The first busbar 201 includesa first busbar body 2013, the second busbar 202 includes a second busbarbody 2023, and the third busbar 203 includes a third busbar body 2033.The busbar connecting portion includes: a first busbar connectingportion 2011, a second busbar connecting portion 2021 and a third busbarconnecting portion 2031. The first busbar connecting portion 2011 isconnected to the first busbar body 2013 of the first busbar 201, thesecond busbar connecting portion 2021 is connected to the second busbarbody 2023 of the second busbar 202, and the third busbar connectingportion 2031 is connected to the third busbar body 2033 of the thirdbusbar 203.

The first busbar connecting portion 2011 is located at one side of thefirst busbar 201, the second busbar connecting portion 2021 is locatedat the other side of the second busbar 202 opposite to the first busbarconnecting portion 2011, and the third busbar connecting portions 2031are respectively located at both sides of the third busbar 203.

In some alternative embodiments, referring to FIG. 6 , the powerstructure 30 includes a first power structure 31 and a second powerstructure 32. The pin of the first power structure 31 and the pin of thesecond power structure 32 are respectively located at opposite outersides of the first power structure 31 and the second power structure 32,the pin of the first power structure 31 is the first connecting leg 311,the pin of the second power structure 32 is the second connecting leg321, and each of the first connecting leg 311 and the second connectingleg 321 includes a first pin 331, a second pin 332, and a third pin 333.

The pin 311 of the first power structure 31, and the first busbarconnecting portion 2011 and the third busbar connecting portion 2031 ofthe third busbar 203 at a first side of the busbar are all at the firstside(for example, a left side in FIG. 6 ), and the pin 321 of the secondpower structure 32, and the second busbar connecting portion 2021 andthe third busbar connecting portion 2031 of the third busbar 203 at asecond side of the busbar are all at the second side (for example, aright side in FIG. 6 ).

The first busbar connecting portion 2011 is provided with a first busbarconnecting portion through hole 2014, the second busbar connectingportion 2021 is provided with a second busbar connecting portion throughhole 2024, and the third busbar connecting portion 2031 is provided witha third busbar connecting portion through hole 2034.

Specifically, referring to FIGS. 6-9 and 13-16 , the first pin 331 ofthe first connecting leg 311 is adapted to pass through the third busbarconnecting portion through hole 2034 on the third busbar connectingportion 2031, to achieve a connection with the third busbar 203; thesecond pin 332 of the first connecting leg 311 is adapted to penetratethe driving circuit board 2000, to achieve a connection with the drivingcircuit board 2000; and the third pin 333 of the first connecting leg311 is adapted to pass through the first busbar connecting portionthrough hole 2014 on the first busbar connecting portion 2011, toachieve a connection with the first busbar 201.

Similarly, referring to FIGS. 10-16 , the first pin 331 of the secondconnecting leg 321 is adapted to pass through the second busbarconnecting portion through hole 2024 on the second busbar connectingportion 2021, in order to achieve the connection with the second busbar202; the second pin 332 of the second connecting leg 321 is adapted topenetrate the driving circuit board 2000, in order to achieve theconnection with the driving circuit board 2000; and the third pin 333 ofthe second connecting leg 321 is adapted to pass through the thirdbusbar connecting portion through hole 2034 on the third busbarconnecting portion 2031, in order to achieve the connection with thethird busbar 203. The third busbar connecting portion through hole 2034on the third busbar connecting portion 2031 on the third busbar 203located at the first side of the busbar is staggered from the thirdbusbar connecting portion through hole 2034 on the third busbarconnecting portion 2031 on the third busbar 203 located on the secondside of the busbar. Referring to FIG. 10 in conjunction, a lineconnecting the third busbar connecting portion through holes 2034 ofboth sides of the third busbar 203 is not parallel to a short side ofthe third busbar 203.

A stacking arrangement of the first busbar 201, the second busbar 202and the third busbar 203 can be changed according to actual needs. Forexample, the third busbar 203 may be located above the first busbar 201and the second busbar 202 or between the first busbar 201 and the secondbusbar 202.

Further, any one of the two pins in the same power structure 30 isconnected to the corresponding busbar connecting portion and adjacent toor spaced from the other busbar connecting portion side by side.

As shown in FIGS. 6-7 , the first pin 331 of the first connecting leg311 is connected to the third busbar connecting portion 2031 and spacedapart from the first busbar connecting portion 2011, and the third pin333 of the first connecting leg 311 is connected to the first busbarconnecting portion 2011 and spaced apart from the third busbarconnecting portion 2031; the first pin 331 of the second connecting leg321 is connected to the second busbar connecting portion 2021 and spacedapart from the third busbar connecting portion 2031, and the third pin333 of the second connecting leg 321 is connected to the third busbarconnecting portion 2031 and spaced apart from the second busbarconnecting portion 2021.

In some alternative embodiments, any one of the two pins in the samepower structure 30 is connected to the corresponding busbar connectingportion, and the busbar connecting portion through hole on one of thebusbar connecting portions is located outside a contour of the other oneof the busbar connecting portions. As shown in FIGS. 6-7 , the first pin331 of the first connecting leg 311 is connected to the third busbarconnecting portion 2031, and the third busbar connecting portion throughhole 2034 on the third busbar connecting portion 2031 is located outsidea contour of the first busbar connecting portion 2011; the third pin 333of the first connecting leg 311 is connected to the first busbarconnecting portion 2011, and the first busbar connecting portion throughhole 2014 on the first busbar connecting portion 2011 is located outsidea contour of the third busbar connecting portion 2031; the first pin 331of the second connecting leg 321 is connected to the second busbarconnecting portion 2021, and the second busbar connecting portionthrough hole 2024 on the second busbar connecting portion 2021 islocated outside the contour of the third busbar connecting portion 2031;the third pin 333 of the second connecting leg 321 is connected to thethird busbar connecting portion 2031, and the third busbar connectingportion through hole 2034 on the third busbar connecting portion 2031 islocated outside the contour of the second busbar connecting portion2021.

Referring to FIGS. 14-16 , the remaining one pin in the same powerstructure 30 is adapted to be connected to the driving circuit board2000, and this remaining one pin is directly connected to the drivingcircuit board 2000 without being blocked by the busbar connectingportion. For example, the second pin 332 of the first power structure 31is connected to the driving circuit board 2000, and there is no busbarconnecting portion between the second pin 332 of the first powerstructure 31 and the driving circuit board 2000 for blocking; the secondpin 332 of the second power structure 32 is connected to the drivingcircuit board 2000, and there is no busbar connecting portion betweenthe second pin 332 of the second power structure 32 and the drivingcircuit board 2000 for blocking.

In some alternative embodiments, referring to FIGS. 1, 3, 6-7, 9-11 and15 , the same power structure 30 has a first pin 331, a second pin 332and a third pin 333, and the third pin 333 is located between the firstpin 331 and the second pin 332. Referring to FIG. 2 , FIG. 4 , FIG. 8 ,and FIG. 16 , the third pin 333 is located outside the first pin 331 andthe second pin 332 relative to the power structure 30, and the pins arestaggered, which facilitates a rational arrangement of connecting pointsof the power structures 30 to the corresponding busbars. A gap betweenthe first pin 331 and the second pin 332 allows one busbar connectingportion to be inserted, and the third pin 333 is connected to andpenetrates this busbar connecting portion.

For example, a gap between the first pin 331 and the second pin 332 ofthe first power structure 31 allows the first busbar connecting portion2011 to be inserted, and the third pin 333 of the first power structure31 is connected to and penetrates the first busbar connecting portion2011. The gap between the first pin 331 and the second pin 332 of thesecond power structure 32 allows the third busbar connecting portion2031 to be inserted, and the third pin 333 of the second power structure32 is connected to and penetrates the third busbar connecting portion2031.

Further, the busbar connecting portion penetrated by the first pin 331and the busbar connecting portion penetrated by the third pin 333 arepartially stacked or staggered in a stacking direction of the pluralityof the busbars. For example, as shown in FIGS. 6-7 , the third busbarconnecting portion 2031 penetrated by the first pin 331 of the firstpower structure 31 and the first busbar connecting portion 2011penetrated by the third pin 333 are partially stacked or staggered inthe stacking direction of the plurality of the busbars; the secondbusbar connecting portion 2021 penetrated by the first pin 331 of thesecond power structure 32 and the third busbar connecting portion 2031penetrated by the third pin 333 are partially stacked or staggered inthe stacking direction of the plurality of the busbars. Such designallows welding points between the power structure and the metal busbarsto be located at positions where an edge of the busbar protrudes, andwhen using a traditional welding process, welding heat can be wellmaintained at the welding points, and a production process threshold islower, so that the traditional process can be used for mass production.

Referring to FIGS. 14-16 , the second pin 332 of the first powerstructure 31 and the second pin 332 of the second power structure 32 areboth adapted to be directly connected to the driving circuit board 2000.

Specifically, one of the first busbar 201 and the second busbar 202 is apositive busbar and the other is a negative busbar. The third busbar 203is a phase bar. For example, the first busbar 201 is a positive busbarand the second busbar 202 is a negative busbar, or the first busbar 201is a negative busbar and the second busbar 202 is a positive busbar.

Further, the power unit assembly 1000 may further include a busbar clamp(not shown in the drawing) for clamping the first busbar 201 and thesecond busbar 202, which facilitates bonding of the first busbar 201 andthe second busbar 202 and can shorten a distance between the firstbusbar 201 and the second busbar 202, thereby further reducing a heightdimension of the power unit assembly 1000.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 6-16 , each of the first busbar 201,the second busbar 202, and the third busbar 203 has a rectangular shape,and the first busbar 201, the second busbar 202, and the third busbar203 are stacked in a thickness direction of the busbar, and the busbarconnecting portion is formed on a longitudinal long side of acorresponding busbar. Specifically, the first busbar connecting portion2011 is formed on a longitudinal long side at a first side of the firstbusbar 201, the second busbar connecting portion 2021 is formed on alongitudinal long side on a second side of the second busbar 202, andthe third busbar connecting portion 2031 is formed on longitudinal longsides on both sides of the third busbar 203.

Referring to FIGS. 6-7 and FIGS. 9-13 , an end of the first busbar 201is provided with a first busbar adapter end plate 2012, an end of thesecond busbar 202 is provided with a second busbar adapter end plate2022, the first busbar adapter end plate 2012 and the second busbaradapter end plate 2022 are located at the same end and arranged side byside, and the other end of the third busbar 203 opposite to the firstbusbar adapter end plate 2012 is provided with a third busbar adapterend plate 2032, thereby facilitating a rational arrangement of theadapter end plates of each of the busbars.

In some alternative embodiments, the first busbar 201, the second busbar202, and the third busbar 203 are all flat busbars, which is beneficialto further reduce the dimension of the power unit assembly 1000 in theheight direction.

In some unshown embodiments, the busbar connecting portion is providedwith a through groove that allows the pin to pass through, and thethrough groove extends in a direction facing away from the busbar andpenetrates an outer edge of the busbar connecting portion facing awayfrom the busbar. For example, the through groove may be a “U”-shapedgroove with an opening facing outward, thereby allowing the pin to passthrough the through groove or be taken out of the through groove.

In some alternative embodiments, a surface of the busbar is entirelycovered with an insulating thin film.

In other alternative embodiments, the busbar includes a busbar body anda busbar connecting portion. The busbar connecting portion protrudesfrom at least one side edge of a corresponding busbar and the busbarconnecting portion is directly connected to the corresponding busbar, anouter surface of the busbar connecting portion is wrapped with aninsulating film, and the busbar bodies of two adjacent busbars areseparated from each other. In other words, only the outer surface of thebusbar connecting portion can be covered with an insulating film, whilethe outer surface of the busbar body may not be covered with aninsulating film, as long as it can be ensured that the busbar bodies ofthe two adjacent busbars are separated from each other, which isbeneficial to save the material of the insulating film.

In still other alternative embodiments, the busbar includes: a busbarbody. An outer surface of the busbar body is entirely covered with aninsulating film, such that when a plurality of busbars is stacked, aninsulation performance between two adjacent busbars is good.

Further, the busbar further includes a busbar connecting portionprotruding from at least one side edge of a corresponding busbar bodyand directly connected to the corresponding busbar body. Outer surfacesof the busbar body and the busbar connecting portion are entirelycovered with an insulating film, which can prevent the busbar from beingelectrically connected to other pins of the power structure 30, therebyleading to the better insulation performance between two adjacentbusbars.

As shown in FIGS. 6-16 , the busbar bodies of two adjacent busbars arearranged to be at least partially stacked, thereby facilitating reducinga volume of the power module 10000.

An inverter power assembly 20000 according to some embodiments of thepresent disclosure will be described in detail below with reference toFIGS. 17-57 .

With reference to FIGS. 17-19 , FIGS. 29- 30 , and FIGS. 54- 57 , theinverter power assembly 20000 according to the embodiment of the presentdisclosure may include a mounting frame 3000, a power module 10000 and acapacitor 3003. The power module 10000 is mounted on the mounting frame3000, leading a compact layout of the power module 10000, which in turnleads to a compact structure of the entire inverter power assembly20000. The capacitor 3003 is electrically connected to the power module10000.

The inverter power assembly 20000 according to the embodiment of thepresent disclosure has the power module 10000 mounted on the mountingframe 3000 and the capacitor 3003 electrically connected to the powermodule 10000, thereby leading to a simple, compact, and reasonablearrangement for the structure of the entire inverter power assembly20000.

In embodiments shown in FIGS. 17-39 and 54-57 , the mounting frame 3000may include a mounting underframe 4001 and at least one mountingbranch-arm 4002 mounted on the mounting underframe 4001, and the powermodule 10000 is mounted on the mounting branch-arm 4002.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 17-39 , the mounting branch-arm 4002extends out from the mounting underframe 4001. In some embodiments, abottom of the mounting branch-arm 4002 may be fixed to the mountingunderframe 4001 by bolt fasteners or may be formed into one piece withthe mounting underframe 4001.

Further, referring to FIGS. 21-28 , the mounting branch-arm 4002 and themounting underframe 4001 are provided therein with cooling chambers 4005that are in communication with each other, and a cooling medium isadapted to circulate in the cooling chambers 4005, in order to take awayheat generated when the power module 10000 is operating and thus preventthe power module 10000 from being overheated and damaged. The coolingchamber 4005 is arranged in the mounting frame 3000, and additionalcooling components may not be provided, thereby leading to the morecompact structure of the inverter power assembly 20000.

Alternatively, the cooling medium can be a cooling liquid or a coolinggas. In some cold conditions, the cooling chamber 4005 can also befilled with a medium having a relatively high temperature, in order tofacilitate heating of the power module 10000 so that the power module10000 is in a suitable temperature environment, which is beneficial toincrease a service life of the power module 10000. For convenience ofdescription, a case where the cooling chamber 4005 is filled with alow-temperature cooling medium is taken as an example for descriptionbelow.

Specifically, the cooling chamber 4005 includes: an underframe coolingchamber 40051 located in the mounting underframe 4001 and a branch-armcooling chamber 40052 located in the mounting branch-arm 4002. Thebranch-arm cooling chamber 40052 is in communication with the underframecooling chamber 40051, and the cooling medium is suitable to circulatein the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 and the underframe coolingchamber 40051, to take away the heat of the power module 10000.

Referring to FIGS. 18-19 , a sealing ring 4008 can be provided at aposition where the mounting branch-arm 4002 and the mounting underframe4001 are connected, to prevent the cooling medium from leaking from theposition of connection.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 22-23 , a partition plate 40021 is providedin the chamber of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052, the partitionplate 40021 divides the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 into abranch-arm inlet chamber 400521 and a branch-arm outlet chamber 400522,and the partition plate 40021 is separated from an inner top wall of thebranch-arm cooling chamber 40052, so that the branch-arm inlet chamber400521 and the branch-arm outlet chamber 400522 are in communicationwith each other at top of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052. Thecooling medium in the underframe cooling chamber 40051 of the mountingunderframe 4001 flows into the mounting branch-arm 4002 via thebranch-arm inlet chamber 400521, and then flows, via the branch-armoutlet chamber 400522, from the mounting branch-arm 4002 into theunderframe cooling chamber 40051.

Specifically, the mounting underframe 4001 is provided with a firstmedium port 4006 and a second medium port 4007 that are in communicationwith the underframe cooling chamber 40051, one of the first medium port4006 and the second medium port 4007 is a medium inlet, and the other isa medium outlet. The cooling medium flows into the underframe coolingchamber 40051 through the medium inlet, and the cooling medium in theunderframe cooling chamber 40051 flows out from the mounting underframe4001 through the medium outlet.

Alternatively, the first medium port 4006, the underframe coolingchamber 40051, the branch-arm inlet chamber 400521, the branch-armoutlet chamber 400522, and the second medium port 4007 are connected inseries to form a medium passage. The cooling medium circulates in themedium passage to take away the heat of the power module 10000.

Specifically, there is a plurality of mounting branch-arms 4002, and thebranch-arm outlet chamber 400522 of the mounting branch-arm 4002 locatedat an upstream side of the medium passage and the branch-arm inletchamber 400521 of an adjacent mounting branch-arm 4002 at a downstreamside are in communication with each other by the underframe coolingchamber 40051. As shown in FIG. 23 , there are three mountingbranch-arms 4002, the first medium port 4006 is a medium inlet, and thesecond medium port 4007 is a medium outlet. The first medium, theunderframe cooling chamber 40051, the branch-arm inlet chamber 400521and the branch-arm outlet chamber 400522 of the first mountingbranch-arm 4002, the underframe cooling chamber 40051, the branch-arminlet chamber 400521 and the branch-arm outlet chamber 400522 of thesecond mounting branch-arm 4002, the underframe cooling chamber 40051,the branch-arm inlet chamber 400521 and the branch-arm outlet chamber400522 of the third mounting branch-arm 4002, the underframe coolingchamber 40051, and the second medium port 4007 are connected in seriesto form a medium passage. Specifically, the cooling medium flowing infrom the first medium port 4006 reaches the underframe cooling chamber40051, then enters the branch-arm inlet chamber 400521 of the firstmounting branch-arm 4002 and then flows via the branch-arm outletchamber 400522 into the underframe cooling chamber 40051, and thecooling medium in the underframe cooling chamber 40051 then enters thebranch-arm inlet chamber 400521 of the second mounting branch-arm 4002and then flows via the branch-arm outlet chamber 400522 into theunderframe cooling chamber 40051, and the cooling medium in theunderframe cooling chamber 40051 then enters the branch-arm inletchamber 400521 of the third mounting branch-arm 4002 and then flows viathe branch-arm outlet chamber 400522 into the underframe cooling chamber40051, and the cooling medium in the underframe cooling chamber 40051finally flows out through the second medium port 4007.

In some unshown embodiments, the first medium port 4006, the underframecooling chamber 40051, the branch-arm inlet chamber 400521, thebranch-arm outlet chamber 400522, and the second medium port 4007 canalso form parallel medium passages therebetween. Specifically, thecooling medium flowing in from the first medium port 4006 reaches theunderframe cooling chamber 40051, then respectively enters thebranch-arm inlet chamber 400521 of the first mounting branch-arm 4002,the branch-arm inlet chamber 400521 of the second mounting branch-arm4002, and the branch-arm inlet chamber 400521 of the third mountingbranch-arm 4002, and then flows into the underframe cooling chamber40051 respectively via the branch-arm exit cavity 400522 of the firstmounting branch-arm 4002, the branch-arm exit cavity 400522 of thesecond mounting branch-arm 4002 and the branch-arm exit cavity 400522 ofthe third mounting branch-arm 4002, and the cooling medium in theunderframe cooling chamber 40051 finally flows out through the secondmedium port 4007.

With reference to FIGS. 18-19 , the mounting frame 3000 also includes acapacitor support element 4004 having one end fixed on the mountingbranch-arm 4002 and the other end adapted to support the capacitor 3003.The capacitor support element 4004 includes: a cylindrical capacitorsupport portion and a “U”-shaped branch-arm connecting portion. Thecapacitor support portion is located on top of the branch-arm connectingportion, the branch-arm connecting portion is straddled on the mountingbranch-arm 4002, and the capacitor support portion is used to supportthe capacitor 3003.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 29-39 , the mounting frame 3000 mayfurther include a mounting upper-frame 4003 provided on top of themounting branch-arm 4002 and adapted to support the capacitor 3003. Thepower module 10000 is located between the mounting upper-frame 4003 andthe mounting underframe 4001, in other words, the power module 10000 ismounted on the mounting branch-arm 4002 between the mounting upper-frame4003 and the mounting underframe 4001. In some embodiments, the top ofthe mounting branch-arm 4002 can be fixed to the mounting upper-frame4003 with bolt fasteners or can be formed into one piece with themounting upper-frame 4003.

Further, as shown in FIG. 30 and FIG. 33 , the mounting upper-frame4003, the mounting branch-arm 4002, and the mounting underframe 4001 areprovided therein with cooling chambers 4005 that are in communicationwith each other, and the cooling medium is adapted to circulate in thecooling chambers 4005, to take away the heat generated when the powermodule 10000 is operating, so as to prevent the power module 10000 frombeing overheated and damaged.

Specifically, the cooling chamber 4005 includes: an underframe coolingchamber 40051 located in the mounting underframe 4001, an upper-framecooling chamber 40053 located in the mounting upper-frame 4003 and abranch-arm cooling chamber 40052 located in the mounting branch-arm4002. The branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 is in communication with theupper-frame cooling chamber 40053 and the underframe cooling chamber40051, and the cooling medium is suitable to circulate in theupper-frame cooling chamber 40053, the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052and the underframe cooling chamber 40051, so as to take away the heat ofthe power module 10000.

As shown in FIG. 30 , sealing rings 4008 may be provided at positionswhere the mounting branch-arm 4002 is connected to the mountingunderframe 4001 and the mounting upper-frame 4003, to prevent thecooling medium from leaking from the positions of the connections.

In some unshown embodiments, the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 has asingle-channel chamber structure.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 33 , a partition plate 40021 is providedin a chamber of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052, the partitionplate 40021 divides the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 into aplurality of branch-arm sub-chambers 400523, and each of the branch-armsub-chambers 400523 is in communication with the upper-frame coolingchamber 40053 and the underframe cooling chamber 40051. For example, thepartition plate 40021 can divide the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052where it is located into two branch-arm sub-chambers 400523, and whenthe power modules 10000 are mounted on two opposite side surfaces (leftand right) of the mounting branch-arm 4002, each of the power modules10000 can be attached to the branch-arm sub-chamber 400523, so that thebranch-arm sub-chamber 400523 can take away heat of a correspondingpower module 10000. Moreover, the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 isdivided into a plurality of branch-arm sub-chambers 400523, which canincrease a flow rate of the cooling medium, thereby taking away the heatof the power module 10000 faster.

The mounting underframe 4001 is provided with a first medium port 4006in communication with the underframe cooling chamber 40051, the mountingupper-frame 4003 is provided with a second medium port 4007 incommunication with the upper-frame cooling chamber 40053, one of thefirst medium port 4006 and the second medium port 4007 is a mediuminlet, and the other is a medium outlet. The cooling medium flows intothe cooling chamber 4005 through the medium inlet, and the coolingmedium in the cooling chamber 4005 flows out from the mounting frame3000 through the medium outlet.

Alternatively, the second medium port 4007, the upper-frame coolingchamber 40053, the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052, the underframecooling chamber 40051, and the first medium port 4006 are connected inseries to form a medium passage. The cooling medium circulates in themedium passage to take away the heat of the power module 10000.

Further, there is a plurality of mounting branch-arms 4002, a bottom endof the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of the mounting branch-arm 4002in communication with the second medium port 4007 is in communicationwith a bottom end of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of an adjacentmounting branch-arm 4002 through the underframe cooling chamber 40051, atop end of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of the mountingbranch-arm 4002 in communication with the first medium port 4006 is incommunication with a top end of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 ofthe adjacent mounting branch-arm 4002 through the upper-frame coolingchamber 40053, and branch-arm cooling chambers 40052 of other twoadjacent mounting branch-arms 4002 are in communication in seriesthrough the upper-frame cooling chamber 40053 at the top end or theunderframe cooling chamber 40051 at the bottom end.

It should be noted that the two adjacent mounting branch-arms 4002 hereare aimed at a flow direction of the same serial-connected mediumpassage, one of the two adjacent mounting branch-arms 4002 is located atan upstream side of the medium passage, and the other is located at adownstream side of the medium passage.

Alternatively, the first medium port 4006 is a medium inlet, the secondmedium port 4007 is a medium outlet, and the cooling medium flows frombottom to top, thereby facilitating filling the entire cooling chamber4005. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 33 , there are three mountingbranch-arms 4002, the second medium port 4007 is in communication withthe top end of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of the firstmounting branch-arm 4002 through the upper-frame cooling chamber 40053,the bottom end of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of the firstmounting branch-arm 4002 is in communication with the bottom end of thebranch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of the second mounting branch-arm 4002through the underframe cooling chamber 40051, the top end of thebranch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of the second mounting branch-arm 4002is in communication with the top end of the branch-arm cooling chamber40052 of the third mounting branch-arm 4002 through the upper-framecooling chamber 40053, and the bottom end of the branch-arm coolingchamber 40052 of the third mounting branch-arm 4002 is in communicationwith the first medium port 4006 through the underframe cooling chamber40051.

The cooling medium flowing in from the first medium port 4006 reachesthe underframe cooling chamber 40051, then flows in via the bottom endof the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of the third mounting branch-arm4002 and then flows into the upper-frame cooling chamber 40053 throughthe top end of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of the thirdmounting branch-arm 4002. The cooling medium in the upper-frame coolingchamber 40053 flows in through the top end of the branch-arm coolingchamber 40052 of the second mounting branch-arm 4002, and then flowsinto the underframe cooling chamber 40051 through the bottom end of thebranch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of the second mounting branch-arm 4002.The cooling medium in the underframe cooling chamber 40051 flows inthrough the bottom end of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 of thefirst mounting branch-arm 4002 and then flows into the upper-framecooling chamber 40053 through the top end of the branch-arm coolingchamber 40052 of the first mounting branch-arm 4002. The cooling mediumin the upper-frame cooling chamber 40053 finally flows out through thesecond medium port 4007.

In some unknown embodiments, the second medium port 4007, theupper-frame cooling chamber 40053, the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052,the underframe cooling chamber 40051, and the first medium port 4006 mayform parallel medium passages therebetween. Specifically, the coolingmedium flowing in from the first medium port 4006 reaches the underframecooling chamber 40051, then respectively enters the branch-armsub-chamber 400523 of the first mounting branch-arm 4002, the branch-armsub-chamber 400523 of the second mounting branch-arm 4002 and thebranch-arm sub-chamber 400523 of the third mounting branch-arm 4002, andthen flows into the upper-frame cooling chamber 40053, and the coolingmedium in the upper-frame cooling chamber 40053 finally flows outthrough the second medium port 4007.

In some alternative embodiments, it is also possible that the firstmedium port 4006 is the medium outlet and the second medium port 4007 isthe medium inlet, and in this case, a flow path of the cooling medium isopposite to the above path and will not be repeated here.

Alternatively, the mounting upper-frame 4003 is parallel to the mountingunderframe 4001, as shown in FIGS. 31-33 , which leads to a consistentspacing between the mounting upper-frame 4003 and the mountingunderframe 4001, thereby facilitating indiscriminately installing thepower module 10000.

Alternatively, the mounting branch-arm 4002 is perpendicular to themounting underframe 4001, as shown in FIGS. 21 -FIG. 23 , FIGS. 31 -FIG.33 , which leads to consistent spaces on two sides of the mountingbranch-arm 4002, thereby facilitating indiscriminately installing thepower module 10000.

Referring to FIGS. 24-28 and 34-39 , a plurality of fins 40022 isprovided in the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052, the plurality of thefins 40022 has one end connected to the partition plate 40021 and theother end connected to a chamber wall of the branch-arm cooling chamber40052. Two adjacent fins 40022, the partition plate 40021 and thechamber wall of the branch-arm cooling chamber 40052 together define afin sub-chamber. The cooling medium circulates in the fin sub-chamber totake away the heat of the power module 10000. The fin sub-chamber has arelatively small cross-sectional area, which facilitates accelerating ofthe cooling medium.

Alternatively, the plurality of the fins 40022 is parallel to eachother. Preferably, there is a consistent spacing between two adjacentfins 40022, which leads to a consistent cross-sectional areas ofrespective fin sub-chambers, thereby ensuring a consistent flow rate ofthe cooling medium.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 54-57 , the mounting underframe 4001includes a first underframe 40011 and a second underframe 40012, and themounting branch-arm 4002 is set up on the first underframe 40011 and thesecond underframe 40012.

Further, the mounting branch-arm 4002, the first underframe 40011, andthe second underframe 40012 are provided therein with cooling chambersthat are in communication with each other.

Specifically, the cooling chamber includes: a first cooling chamberlocated in the first underframe 40011, a second cooling chamber locatedin the second underframe 40012, and a branch-arm cooling chamber locatedin the mounting branch-arm 4002. The first cooling chamber and thebranch-arm cooling chamber are in communication with the second coolingchamber.

Referring to FIG. 54 , the first underframe 40011 is provided with afirst medium port 4006 in communication with the first cooling chamber,the second underframe 40012 is provided with a second medium port 4007in communication with the second cooling chamber, one of the firstmedium port 4006 and the second medium port 4007 is a medium inlet, andthe other is a medium outlet.

Alternatively, there is a plurality of the mounting branch-arms 4002,and a plurality of branch-arm cooling chambers is arranged in parallelbetween the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber.

Referring to FIG. 56 , the first underframe 40011 is provided with afirst underframe interface 400111 in communication with the firstcooling chamber, the second underframe 40012 is provided with a secondunderframe interface 400121 in communication with the second coolingchamber, the mounting branch-arm 4002 is provided with a branch-armfirst interface 40023 and a branch-arm second interface 40024 that arein communication with the branch-arm cooling chamber, the branch-armfirst interface 40023 is in communication with the first underframeinterface 400111, and the branch-arm second interface 40024 is incommunication with the second underframe interface 400121.

Taking a case where the first medium port 4006 is a medium inlet and thesecond medium port 4007 is a medium outlet as an example, the coolingmedium flows through the first medium port 4006 into the first coolingchamber in the first underframe 40011, then enters, through each firstunderframe interface 400111 and the corresponding branch-arm firstinterface 40023, into each branch-arm cooling chamber, then flows intothe second cooling chamber in the second underframe 40012 through thecorresponding branch-arm second interface 40024 and the secondunderframe interface 400121, and finally flows out through the secondmedium port 4007.

A sealing ring 4008 can be provided between the branch-arm firstinterface 40023 and the first underframe interface 400111, to preventthe cooling medium from leaking from where the mounting branch-arm 4002is connected to the first underframe 40011. A sealing ring 4008 may beprovided between the branch-arm second interface 40024 and the secondunderframe interface 400121, to prevent the cooling medium from leakingfrom where the mounting branch-arm 4002 is connected to the secondunderframe 40012.

As shown in FIGS. 17-19, 29-30, and 54-57 , at least one side surface oftwo reversely arranged side surfaces of each of the mounting branch-arms4002 is mounted with the power module 10000. For example, the powermodule 10000 can be mounted on only one side surface of the mountingbranch-arm 4002, and both the two reversely arranged side surfaces ofthe mounting branch-arm 4002 can be mounted with the power module 10000,thereby increasing the number of the power modules 10000.

One of the mounting branch-arm 4002 and the power module 10000 isprovided with a positioning protrusion 3008, and the other is providedwith a positioning recess adapted to position and mate with thepositioning protrusion 3008, as shown in FIGS. 21 and 31 , thepositioning protrusion 3008 is provided on the mounting branch-arm 4002,thereby achieving the positioning and installation of the power module10000 on the mounting branch-arm 4002.

Referring to FIGS. 17-19 , FIGS. 29- 30 , FIGS. 54-57 , the capacitor3003 is located on top of the mounting frame 3000.

Further, the inverter power assembly 20000 may further include: a firstpolar plate 3006 and a second polar plate 3007. The first polar plate3006 and the second polar plate 3007 are arranged at an end of the powermodule 10000, and both the power module 10000 and the capacitor 3003 areelectrically connected to the first polar plate 3006 and the secondpolar plate 3007. In other words, the first polar plate 3006 and thesecond polar plate 3007 are components that electrically connect thepower module 10000 with the capacitor 3003, and by providing the firstpolar plate 3006 and the second polar plate 3007, an indirect electricalconnection between the power module 10000 and the capacitor 3003 isachieved. The first polar plate 3006 may be arranged at a side of thesecond polar plate 3007 facing away from the mounting frame 3000.

Further, there may be one or more capacitors 3003. The capacitor 3003has a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal isadapted to be electrically connected to the first polar plate 3006, andthe second terminal is adapted to be electrically connected to thesecond polar plate 3007. The first terminal and the second terminal ofthe capacitor 3003 are conductive parts, and other parts of thecapacitor 3003 have insulating surfaces, to improve safety of thecapacitor 3003 in use.

Further, a first capacitor connecting portion 30063 is provided on thefirst polar plate 3006, and the first terminal is electrically connectedto the first capacitor connecting portion 30063. A second capacitorconnecting portion 30073 is provided on the second polar plate 3007, andthe second terminal is electrically connected to the second capacitorconnecting portion 30073. When the terminal is electrically connected toa corresponding capacitor connecting portion, in some alternativeembodiments, an end of the terminal can be directly attached to aconductive portion on a surface of the capacitor connecting portion, soas to achieve the electrical connection between the terminal and thecorresponding capacitor connecting portion; and in other alternativeembodiments, a terminal hole may be provided on the capacitor connectingportion, and the terminal can pass through the terminal hole to beelectrically connected to a hole wall of the terminal hole, so as toachieve the electrical connection between the terminal and the capacitorconnecting portion. The terminal and the corresponding capacitorconnecting portion can also be connected by a wire.

Specifically, referring to FIGS. 18-19, 30, and 54-57 , the firstcapacitor connecting portion 30063 and the second capacitor connectingportion 30073 are configured as plate-shaped structures located betweenthe capacitor 3003 and the mounting frame 3000. The first capacitorconnecting portion 30063 may be perpendicular to the first polar plate3006, and the second capacitor connecting portion 30073 may beperpendicular to the second polar plate 3007. In addition, the firstcapacitor connecting portion 30063 and the first polar plate 3006 can beformed by bending one plate, and the second capacitor connecting portion30073 and the second polar plate 3007 can be formed by bending oneplate.

Referring to FIG. 6 , FIGS. 17-19 , FIGS. 29-30 , FIGS. 54-57 , thepower module 10000 has a first busbar 201 and a second busbar 202, thefirst busbar 201 is electrically connected to the first polar plate3006, and the second busbar 202 is electrically connected to the secondpolar plate 3007.

Further, the first polar plate 3006 is provided with a first polar piece30061, and the first polar piece 30061 extends towards the power module10000, and the first polar piece 30061 is adapted to be electricallyconnected to the first busbar 201. The second polar plate 3007 isprovided with a second polar piece 30071, the second polar piece 30071extends towards the power module 10000, and the second polar piece 30071is adapted to be electrically connected to the second busbar 202.

The first capacitor connecting portion 30063 and the first polar piece30061 of the first polar plate 3006, and the second capacitor connectingportion 30073 and the second polar piece 30071 of the second polar plate3007 are conductive parts, and other parts may have insulating surfaces,to improve safety of the first polar plate 3006 and the second polarplate 3007 in use.

Further, the first busbar 201 has a first busbar adapter end plate 2012,and the first polar piece 30061 and the first busbar adapter end plate2012 are fixedly connected by a first bolt 30062, to achieve anelectrical connection between the first polar piece 30061 and the firstbusbar adapter end plate 2012. The second busbar 202 has a second busbaradapter end plate 2022, and the second polar piece 30071 and the secondbusbar adapter end plate 2022 are fixedly connected by a second bolt30072, to achieve an electrical connection between the second polarpiece 30071 and the second busbar adapter end plate 2022.

The number of the power modules 10000, the number of the first polarpieces 30061, and the number of the second polar pieces 30071 are equal.

In some unknown embodiments, the mounting frame 3000 has a plurality ofmounting areas located in the same plane, a plurality of the powermodules 10000 is mounted in a tiled manner in the corresponding mountingareas, and the capacitor 3003 is arranged at a side of the plurality ofthe power modules 10000 facing away from the mounting frame 3000.

The inverter power assembly 20000 according to other embodiments of thepresent disclosure will be described in detail below with reference toFIGS. 40-53 .

Referring to FIGS. 40-53 , the inverter power assembly 20000 accordingto the embodiment of the present disclosure can include: a mountingframe 3000, a power module 10000 and a capacitor 3003, the power module10000 is installed on mounting frame 3000. The power module 10000 ismounted on the mounting frame 3000, leading a compact layout of thepower module 10000, which in turn leads to a compact structure of theentire inverter power assembly 20000. The capacitor 3003 is electricallyconnected to the power module 10000.

The inverter power assembly 20000 according to the embodiment of thepresent disclosure has the power module 10000 mounted on the mountingframe 3000 and the capacitor 3003 electrically connected to the powermodule 10000, thereby leading to a simple, compact, and reasonablearrangement for the structure of the entire inverter power assembly20000.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 40-53 , the mounting frame 3000 isconstructed as a flat mounting frame, and at least one side surface oftwo reversely arranged side surfaces of the mounting frame 3000 ismounted with the power module 10000. For example, the power module 10000can be mounted on only one side surface of the mounting frame 3000, andit is also possible that, as shown in FIGS. 40-43 , the two reverselyarranged side surfaces of the mounting frame 3000 are each provided withthe power modules 10000, thereby increasing the number of the powermodules 10000 in this case.

Specifically, two reversely arranged side surfaces are side surfaceswith a largest area of the mounting frame 3000 shown, which can providea relatively large space for mounting the power module 10000, such thata plurality of the power modules 10000 can be mounted on the samemounting frame 3000, thereby increasing a capacity of the inverter powerassembly 20000.

Alternatively, one of the at least one side surface and the power module10000 is provided with a positioning protrusion 3008, and the other isprovided with a positioning recess adapted to position and mate with thepositioning protrusion 3008. Referring to FIGS. 44-49 and 53 , the tworeversely arranged side surfaces of the mounting frame 3000 are eachprovided with the positioning protrusion 3008 to facilitate thepositioning of the power module 10000, to achieve the positioning andinstallation of the power module 10000 on the mounting frame 3000.

The mounting frame 3000 according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure is described below with reference to FIGS. 45-48 , and byproviding the fixing member 2 a in the mounting frame 3000, theconnecting member passes through the side wall of the mounting frame3000 and is fixedly connected to the fixing member 2 a, to tightly pressthe power module 10000 against the housing 1 a, which is beneficial toincrease the connection depth between the connecting member and themounting frame 3000, to improve the mounting stability of the powermodule 10000.

As shown in FIGS. 45 and 46 , the mounting frame 3000 according to theembodiment of the present disclosure includes: a housing 1 a and afixing member 2 a.

A cooling chamber 4005 is formed in the housing 1 a, and a heat exchangemember is provided in the cooling chamber 4005. As shown in FIG. 45 , aside wall of the housing 1 a is provided with a first medium port 4006and a second medium port 4007, and the heat exchange member is installedin the cooling chamber 4005 and formed with a heat exchange flow channelcommunicating from the first medium port 4006 to the second medium port4007, in this way, the first medium port 4006 and the second medium port4007 of the mounting frame 3000 can be communicated with an externalheat exchange pipeline, so that an external heat exchange medium canenter the cooling chamber 4005, then the mounting frame 3000 candissipate heat for the power module 10000. It should be noted that theheat exchange member in the present disclosure can be flexibly andoptionally installed according to actual needs, that is, the heatexchange member can be provided in the cooling chamber 4005 in order todissipate heat through the heat exchange member, or the structure of thehousing 1 a itself can still be used for heat dissipation withoutproviding the heat exchange member in the cooling chamber 4005.

The housing 1 a is provided with connecting holes, as shown in FIG. 45 ,there are a plurality of connecting holes, and the plurality of theconnecting holes are distributed in the housing 1 a at intervals. Theconnecting hole penetrates through the housing 1 a, that is, theconnecting member can penetrate through the housing 1 a from the outsideof the housing 1 a and is inserted into the housing 1 a. The fixingmember 2 a is installed in the cooling chamber 4005. It should be notedthat the various components of the mounting frame 3000 in presentdisclosure can be fixedly installed by brazing, that is, after thefixing member 2 a and the heat exchange member are installed in thehousing 1 a, the fixing member 2 a and the heat exchange member arefixed in the housing 1 a by brazing, in order to make positions of thefixing member 2 a and the heat exchange member in the housing 1 arelatively stable.

As shown in FIG. 46 , the fixing member 2 a is provided with a fixinghole 21 a, the fixing hole 21 a and the connecting hole are arrangeddirectly opposite in the thickness direction of the mounting frame 3000,and the connecting member is adapted to pass through the connecting holeto fit to the fixing hole 21 a to fix the power module 10000 to thehousing 1 a. In other words, after the power module 10000 is installedand fitted to the housing 1 a, the connecting member can pass throughthe connecting hole to be inserted into the housing 1 a and be connectedand fitted with the fixing hole 21 a of the fixing member 2 a, and theconnecting member tightly presses the power module 10000, so as torealize the fixed installation of the power module 10000, and a tabletstructure 20 may be provided at the power module 10000 to tightly pressthe power module 10000 towards the housing 1 a, and the connectingmember may be a bolt, and a head of the bolt is pressed into the grooveof the tablet structure 20. The fixing member 2 a may be made of a metalmaterial having a relatively strong structural strength, so that thefixing member 2 a has a relatively strong structural strength, to ensurethat the fixing member 2 a is not easily deformed when the connectingmember is connected and fitted with the fixing member 2 a. The metalmaterial for the fixing member 2 a, could be selected from aluminumalloy, magnesium alloy, steel, etc. Preferably, the tensile strengthafter brazing of the metal material could be over 150 MPa. High strengthaluminum alloy is preferential, mainly based on Al—Cu—Mg or Al—Zn—Mg—Cualloy, namely 2XXX series or 6XXX series or 7XXX series alloy.

It should be noted that the power module 10000 in present disclosure maybe a material element of different types and in different fields. Forexample, the power module 10000 may be a power device such as an IGBT, atransistor, or other elements having heat-generating characteristics,for example, the power module 10000 may be an electric heating wire, athermistor, a conductive painting material, or an electric heating filmand so on. Alternatively, when the power module 10000 is applied inindustries, the power module 10000 may be made of an alloy material, ora silicon-carbon element and a silicon-molybdenum element, andspecifically, it may be a silicon-molybdenum rod, a silicon-carbon rod,a molybdenum wire, a molybdenum tip, or a molybdenum electrode.Therefore, the mounting frame 3000 in the present disclosure candissipate heat for a corresponding heat generating element.

It should be noted that the fixing hole 21 a in present disclosure maybe a threaded hole, and an outer peripheral wall of the connectingmember may be provided with an external thread, in this way, after theconnecting member is inserted into the housing 1 a, the connectingmember can be inserted into the fixing hole 21 a in order to bethreadedly connected with the fixing member 2 a, such that when theconnecting member installs and fixes the power module 10000, theconnection depth of the connecting member in the mounting frame 3000 canbe increased without increasing the wall thickness of the housing 1 a ofthe mounting frame 3000, thereby improving the installation stability ofthe power module 10000 in the mounting frame 3000. Without doubt, thefixing hole 21 a can also be configured as a through hole, so that theconnecting member penetrates the connecting hole and penetrates thefixing hole 21 a to fix the power module 10000 to the housing 1 a, thus,the connection stability between the power module 10000 and the mountingframe 3000 can also be increased.

Moreover, in the specific implementation, after the mounting frame 3000is brazed as a whole, a hole can be drilled on the fixing member 2 a,after drilling the hole, threads are tapped inside the hole, and a holeis drilled on the housing 1 a, to fix the tablet structure 20 by boltsfrom upper and lower directions, to realize the fixing of the powermodule 10000. Therefore, thicknesses of the upper and lower surfaces ofthe mounting frame 3000 can be maintained at optimal thicknesses, andthe processing is the most convenient, one-time drilling and one-timetapping directly are enough, with simplest process, lowest cost, andhighest installation accuracy. It should be noted that after the fixingmember 2 a is installed in the housing 1 a and fixed by brazing, thefixing member 2 a is attached to the inner wall of the cooling chamber4005, to separate the fixing hole 21 a and the connecting hole from thecooling chamber 4005, so as to prevent the heat exchange medium in thecooling chamber 4005 from flowing out of the fixing member 2 a.

The mounting frame 3000 according to the embodiment of the presentdisclosure has the fixing member 2 a arranged in the housing 1 a of themounting frame 3000 and has the connecting member for tightly pressingthe power module 10000 be inserted into the housing 1 a in order to beconnected and fixed with the fixing member 2 a, such that the connectiondepth of the connecting member in the housing 1 a is increased withoutincreasing the wall thickness of the housing 1 a, which is beneficial toreduce the cost and can ensure the connection stability of the powermodule 10000 on the mounting frame 3000.

In some embodiments, a heat exchange member is provided in the coolingchamber 4005, the heat exchange member includes at least one fin 40022,and the at least one fin 40022 and the fixing member 2 a are arranged inthe cooling chamber 4005, that is, the fin 40022 can be set to one, twoor more, and when there are a plurality of fins 40022, the plurality ofthe fins 40022 may be respectively located on both sides of the fixingmember 2 a.

That is to say, the heat exchange member in present disclosure adopts asplit-type structure having a plurality of fins 40022, in order toachieve a heat exchange effect in the cooling chamber 4005 at the sametime through the plurality of the fins 40022, and the fixing member 2 acan be installed between the plurality of fins 40022, in this way, thefixing member 2 a can be prevented from being installed at an edgeposition in the cooling chamber 4005, so that the connecting member canbe inserted from an area near middle of the housing 1 a into the housing1 a in order to be connected with the fixing member 2 a, so as to makebinding effects of the connecting member on respective positions of thepower module 10000 more balanced, which is beneficial to improve theinstallation stability of the power module 10000.

In some embodiments, there is at least one fixing member 2 a, that is,there can be one, two or more fixing members 2 a, and at least onefixing member 2 a and at least one fin 40022 are distributedalternately, in this way, the fins 40022 are provided on both sides ofeach fixing member 2 a, such that after fixing the power module 10000with the fixing member 2 a, the fins 40022 located on both sides of thefixing member 2 a can maximize heat dissipation of the power module10000 corresponding to this fixing member 2 a, to improve the heatdissipation effect of the power module 10000 and improve arrangementrationality of the fin 40022.

In some embodiments, the heat exchange member includes a turbulencestructure configured in a spherical shape and/or configured in acolumnar shape. For example, a plurality of the spaced apart sphericalturbulence structures are separately provided in the cooling chamber4005, or a plurality of the spaced apart columnar turbulence structuresare separately arranged in the cooling chamber 4005, without doubt, aplurality of the spherical turbulence structures and a plurality of thecolumnar turbulence structures can also be provided in the coolingchamber 4005 at the same time, so as to increase the heat exchangeeffect in the cooling chamber 4005 through the arrangement of theturbulence structures.

A plurality of fixing members 2 a are arranged in the cooling chamber4005, so that the plurality of the fixing members 2 a are respectivelyused to fix different power modules 10000, in other words, a pluralityof groups of the power modules 10000 can be installed on an outer sideof the housing 1 a, the plurality of the groups of the power modules10000 are spaced apart and arranged on the outer side of the housing 1a, and the plurality of the power modules 10000 can be connected andfixed to the plurality of the fixing members 2 a through the connectingmembers, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 46 , there are 3 fixing members 2 a and 4 fins 40022,and the 3 fixing members 2 a and the 4 fins 40022 are distributedalternatively, that is, both sides of each fixing member 2 a arerespectively provided with one fin 40022. As shown in FIG. 47 , threegroups of the power modules 10000 are installed on an outer side (suchas an upper side) of the housing 1 a, the three groups of the powermodules 10000 correspond to the three fixing members 2 a respectively,each group of the power modules 10000 is press-fitted on the housing 1 athrough one tablet structure 20, and it is connected and fixed with thecorresponding fixing member 2 a through the connecting member beinginserted into the housing 1 a, as a result, a plurality of groups of thepower modules 10000 can be fixed and installed, to increase the numberof the power modules 10000 installed on the mounting frame 3000, and toreduce the heat dissipation cost of the power modules 10000.

In some embodiments, there is at least one for both the fixing hole 21 aand the connecting hole, the at least one fixing hole 21 a is inone-to-one correspondence to the at least one connecting hole, that is,the fixing hole 21 a and the connecting hole can be set to one, two ormore. In other words, each fixing member 2 a can be provided with aplurality of fixing holes 21 a, and the plurality of the connectingholes are provided on the housing 1 a at positions corresponding to theplurality of the fixing holes 21 a, in order to connect and fix thepower module 10000 with the fixing member 2 a at a plurality ofdifferent positions through a plurality of the connecting members,making it beneficial to increase the installation stability of the powermodule 10000.

In some embodiments, the fixing member 2 a is configured into astrip-shape, and a plurality of fixing holes 21 a are arrangedsequentially spaced apart along the length direction of the fixingmember 2 a, such that the fixing member 2 a can be used for installationand connection with the power module 10000 at a plurality of positionsin the length direction at the same time.

As shown in FIG. 46 , the fixing member 2 a is provided with 10 fixingholes 21 a in the length direction, and as shown in FIG. 45 , three rowsof connecting holes are provided on the housing 1 a, each of the rowsincludes 10 connecting holes, and after the fixing member 2 a isinstalled and fixed to the housing 1 a, the 10 fixing holes 21 a are inone-to-one correspondence to the 10 connecting holes, in this way, onegroup of power modules 10000 can be connected and fixed with the fixingmember 2 a by the 10 connecting members respectively penetrating intothe 10 connecting holes and the 10 fixing holes 21 a, thereby greatlyincreasing the installation stability of the power module 10000 and thehousing 1 a.

As in some embodiments, the fixing member 2 a is configured as a metalstrip, and a plurality of fixing holes 21 a are sequentially arrangedspaced apart along the length direction of the metal strip. That is, thefixing member 2 a in the present disclosure can be configured as a longstrip structure, a plurality of the spaced fixing holes 21 a areprovided in the length direction of the fixing member 2 a, and thefixing member 2 a is suitable for being fixed to the inner wall of thecooling chamber 4005 by brazing, so as to realize the installation andfixing of the fixing member 2 a in the cooling chamber 4005, and toensure the stability of the fixing member 2 a.

As in other embodiments, the inner wall of the cooling chamber 4005 isprovided with a fixing groove, the fixing member 2 a is installed in thefixing groove, and the fixing member 2 a is glued and fixed to the innerwall of the fixing groove. It can be understood that the fixing member 2a is a non-metal member or a metal member and can be installed in amanner of bonding and fixing with the fixing groove, and theinstallation structure is flexible, and the applicability is strong.

In some embodiments, the housing 1 a includes an upper cover 11 a, alower cover 12 a, and a side frame 13 a. As shown in FIG. 46 , the sideframe 13 a is formed into a quadrangular frame structure, and upper andlower ends of the side frame 13 a are open, the upper cover 11 a and thelower cover 12 a are respectively used to close the upper and lower endsof the side frame 13 a, such that the upper cover 11 a, the lower cover12 a and the side frame 13 a jointly define the cooling chamber 4005.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 46 , the connecting hole includesan upper connecting hole 111 a, the upper connecting hole 111 a isprovided on the upper cover 11 a, the power module 10000 includes afirst power module 51 a located at an upper side of the housing 1 a, andthe upper connecting hole 111 a is used to connect with the first powermodule 51 a located at an upper side of the housing 1 a.

In some embodiments, the fixing hole 21 a is configured as a throughhole penetrating in the thickness direction of the fixing member 2 a,and the connecting member penetrates the fixing hole and the upperconnecting hole in order to fix the first power module 51 a to thehousing 1 a. In other words, an upper connecting hole 111 a penetratingin the thickness direction can be provided on an upper wall surface ofthe housing 1 a, and a fixing hole 21 a directly opposite to the upperconnecting hole 111 a is provided on the fixing member 2 a, in this way,the connecting member can sequentially penetrate through the upperconnecting hole 111 a and the fixing hole 21 a from top to bottom, orthe connecting member can also sequentially penetrate through the fixinghole 21 a and the upper connecting hole 111 a from bottom to top, andboth connection modes can effectively realize the fixed installation ofthe first power module 51 a and the housing 1 a.

In some embodiments, the power module 10000 includes a second powermodule 52 a located at the lower side of the housing 1 a, the connectinghole further includes a lower connecting hole 121 a, and the lowerconnecting hole 121 a is used for connecting with the second powermodule 52 a located at the lower side of the housing 1 a.

That is, when the first power module 51 a and the second power module 52a are fixedly installed in the housing 1 a, the first power module 51 acan be installed at the upper side of the housing 1 a, and the secondpower module 52 a can be installed at the lower side of the housing 1 a,and the fixed connection between the first power module 51 a and thehousing 1 a is realized by the connecting member penetrating the upperconnecting hole 111 a and the fixing member 2 a, and the second powermodule 52 a is fixedly connected to the housing 1 a by the connectingmember penetrating the lower connecting hole 121 a and the fixing member2 a.

In some embodiments, the fixing hole 21 a is configured as a throughhole penetrating along the thickness direction of the fixing member 2 aand/or a blind hole. It can be understood that when there is only onefixing hole 21 a, the fixing hole 21 a may be a through hole or a blindhole, and when there are a plurality of the fixing holes 21 a, all theplurality of the fixing holes 21 a can be configured as through holes,or all the fixing holes 21 a may be configured as blind holes, and someof the plurality of the fixing holes 21 a may be configured as blindholes and the other fixing holes 21 a may be configured as throughholes. When the fixing hole 21 a is configured as a through hole, thefixing hole 21 a penetrates from the upper side surface of the fixingmember 2 a to the lower side surface of the fixing member 2 a, in otherwords, the connecting member can penetrate the fixing hole 21 a from theupper side of the fixing hole 21 a and extend to the lower side of thefixing member 2 a, or the connecting member can penetrate the fixinghole 21 a from the upper side of the fixing member 2 a and extend to thelower side of the fixing member 2 a, alternatively, the connectingmember may penetrate the fixing hole 21 a from the lower side of thefixing member 2 a and extend to the upper side of the fixing member 2 a.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 47 , the connecting memberincludes an upper connecting member 41 a, and the upper connectingmember 41 a passes through the upper connecting hole 111 a and thefixing hole 21 a to fix the first power module 51 a to the housing 1 a.

In other embodiments, the connecting member further includes a lowerconnecting member 42 a, and the lower connecting member 42 a passesthrough the lower connecting hole 121 a and the fixing hole 21 a inorder to fix the second power module 52 a to the housing 1 a. That is,the first power module 51 a and the second power module 52 a can befixedly installed on the housing 1 a through the upper connecting member41 a and the lower connecting member 42 a respectively, which isbeneficial to improve the flexibility of the installation of the firstpower module 51 a and the second power module 52 a, and when the firstpower module 51 a and the second power module 52 a are installed orreplaced, both the first power module 51 a and the second power module52 a can be assembled and disassembled separately, and this helps reducereplacement costs.

In some embodiments, the fixing hole 21 a is configured as a throughhole penetrating in the thickness direction of the fixing member 2 a,and the connecting member penetrates through the upper connecting hole111 a, the fixing hole 21 a and the lower connecting hole 121 a to fixthe first power module 51 a and the second power module 52 a to thehousing 1 a, that is, the connecting member is an integral piece, andthe connecting member can directly penetrate the upper connecting hole111 a, the fixing hole 21 a and the lower connecting hole 121 a, thatis, the connecting member directly penetrates the housing 1 a, tofixedly install the first power module 51 a and/or the second powermodule 52 a on the upper and lower sides of the housing 1 a, then thefirst power module 51 a and the second power module 52 a can be fixedindividually or simultaneously, as a result, the installation efficiencyof the first power module 51 a and the second power module 52 a isgreatly improved, and the installation cost is saved.

In other embodiments, the fixing hole 21 a includes an upper fixing hole21 a provided on the upper surface of the fixing member 2 a and/or alower fixing hole 21 a provided on the lower surface of the fixingmember 2 a, and the upper fixing hole 21 a and/or the lower fixing hole21 a are configured as blind holes, that is, the upper fixing hole 21 ahas an upper end open and has a lower end closed, the connecting membercan be inserted from an upper end of the upper fixing hole 21 a, thelower fixing hole 21 a has a lower end open and has an upper end closed,and the connecting member can be inserted from the lower end of thelower fixing hole 21 a, in this way, the fixing hole 21 a is anon-through hole structure, which helps to ensure the structuralstrength and stability of the fixing member 2 a and also helps to reducedifficulty of drilling the fixing hole 21 a. It can be configured insuch a way that the fixing hole 21 a is provided only on the uppersurface of the fixing member 2 a and the lower surface of the fixingmember 2 a is a flat surface, or the lower fixing hole 22 is providedonly on the lower surface of the fixing member 2 a and the upper surfaceof the fixing member 2 a is a flat surface, alternatively, the uppersurface of the fixing member 2 a is provided with the upper fixing hole21 a while the lower surface of the fixing member 2 a is provided withthe lower fixing hole 22.

The connecting member includes an upper connecting member 41 a and/or alower connecting member 42 a, the upper connecting member 41 apenetrates the upper connecting hole 111 a and the upper fixing hole 21a to fix the first power module 51 a to the housing 1 a, and the lowerconnecting member 42 a penetrates the lower connecting hole 121 a andthe lower fixing hole 21 a to fix the second power module 52 a to thehousing 1 a, thus, the first power module 51 a and the second powermodule 52 a can be fixedly installed on the housing 1 a through theupper connecting member 41 a and the lower connecting member 42 arespectively, making it beneficial to improve the flexibility of theinstallation of the first power module 51 a and the second power module52 a, and when installing or replacing the first power module 51 a andthe second power module 52 a, both the first power module 51 a and thesecond power module 52 a can be assembled and disassembled separately,and this helps reduce replacement costs.

In the case where the fixing hole 21 a is provided on the upper surfaceof the fixing member 2 a and the lower surface of the fixing member 2 ais a flat surface, the fixing member 2 a is configured to have asingle-sided blind hole, the connecting member includes an upperconnecting member 41 a, and the upper connecting member 41 a penetratesthe upper connecting hole 111 a and the upper fixing hole 21 a to fixthe first power module 51 a to the housing 1 a. in the case where thelower fixing hole 21 a is provided on the lower surface of the fixingmember 2 a and the upper surface of the fixing member 2 a is a flatsurface, the fixing member 2 a is configured to have a single-sidedblind hole, the connecting member includes a lower connecting member 42a, and the lower connecting member 42 a penetrates the lower connectingmember and the lower fixing hole 22 to fix the second power module 52 ato the housing 1 a. In the case where the upper fixing hole 21 a isprovided on the upper surface of the fixing member 2 a while the lowerfixing hole 22 is provided on the lower surface of the fixing member 2a, the fixing member 2 a is configured to have a double-sided blindhole, in this case, the connecting member includes an upper connectingmember 41 a and a lower connecting member 42 a, the upper connectingmember 41 a penetrates the upper connecting hole 111 a and the upperfixing hole 21 a to fix the first power module 51 a on the upper surfaceof the housing 1 a, and the lower connecting member 42 a penetrates thelower connecting member and the lower fixing hole 22 to fix the secondpower module 52 a on the lower surface of the housing 1 a, so thatdifferent forms of assembly of the power module 10000 can be realized.

In some embodiments, an outer side wall of the side frame 13 a isprovided with a first medium port 4006 and a second medium port 4007,and one of the first medium port 4006 and the second medium port 4007 isa medium inlet and the other one is a medium outlet. As shown in FIGS.45 and 48 , the first medium port 4006 and the second medium port 4007are respectively provided on two oppositely arranged side walls of theside frame 13 a, as shown in FIG. 48 , the first medium port 4006 isprovided in a lower area of a right side wall of the side frame 13 a,and the second medium port 4007 is provided in an upper area of a leftside wall of the side frame 13 a (up, down, left, and right referredhere only represent directions in the drawing, which do not limit actualinstallation directions). The two ends of the fixing member 2 a arespaced apart from the inner side wall of the side frame 13 a, and a heatexchange flow channel communicating from the first medium port 4006 tothe second medium port 4007 is formed in the heat exchange member.

In this way, after the first medium port 4006 and the second medium port4007 are communicated to the external pipelines, the heat exchangemedium can flow in from the first medium port 4006 and flow to thesecond medium port 4007 through the heat exchange flow channel in thefin 40022, and the heat exchange medium can flow from a gap between thefixing member 2 a and the side frame 13 a to different fins 40022 andmerge into the second medium port 4007, realizing circulation of theheat exchange medium to play a role of heat dissipation. The heatexchange medium can be water, hydraulic oil or other fluid medium.

In some embodiments, the first medium port 4006 is the medium inlet andthe second medium port 4007 is the medium outlet, an inner surface of atleast one of the upper cover 11 a and the lower cover 12 a is providedwith a diversion plate 133 a, the diversion plate 133 a is located at anend of the heat exchange member close to the first medium port 4006, andthe diversion plate 133 a is configured to be inclined from the firstmedium port 4006 towards a direction close to the second medium port4007. Thus, the diversion plate 133 a can play a role of diversion inthe cooling chamber 4005, such that the heat exchange medium at thefirst medium port 4006 can flow to each fin 40022 under an action of thediversion plate 133 a, so as to ensure uniformity of the fin 40022.

As shown in FIG. 46 and FIG. 48 , there are four diversion plates 133 a,and the four diversion plates 133 a are arranged to be respectivelyinclined at ends of the four fins 40022 from bottom to top in adirection away from the first medium port 4006, such that the heatexchange medium at the first medium port 4006 can be evenly distributedto the four fins 40022 under diversion of the four diversion plates 133a, thereby ensuring uniformity of heat dissipation of the mounting frame3000 at each power module 10000, and improving the heat dissipationperformance of the mounting frame 3000.

Referring to FIGS. 44-53 , there is a cooling chamber 4005 in themounting frame 3000, and the cooling medium is adapted to circulate inthe cooling chamber 4005, to take away the heat generated when the powermodule 10000 is working, to prevent the power module 10000 from beingoverheated and damaged. The cooling chamber 4005 is arranged in themounting frame 3000, and additional cooling components may be notprovided, leading to the more compact structure of the inverter powerassembly 20000.

Further, referring to FIG. 44 , FIG. 49 and FIG. 52 -FIG. 53 , apartition plate 40021 is provided in the chamber of the cooling chamber4005. The partition plate 40021 divides the cooling chamber 4005 into afirst cooling sub-chamber 40054 and a second cooling sub-chamber 40055.The partition plate 40021 is separated from another inner side wall ofthe cooling chamber 4005 (such as a left side wall in FIG. 53 ), so thatthe first cooling sub-chamber 40054 and the second cooling sub-chamber40055 are in communication with each other at a side of the coolingchamber 4005.

Further, referring to FIGS. 44-53 , the mounting frame 3000 is providedwith a first medium port 4006 in communication with the first coolingsub-chamber 40054 and a second medium port 4007 in communication withthe second cooling sub-chamber 40055, one of the first medium port 4006and the second medium port 4007 is a medium inlet, and the other is amedium outlet. For example, when the first medium port 4006 is themedium inlet and the second medium port 4007 is the medium outlet, thecooling medium flows into the first cooling sub-chamber 40054 throughthe first medium port 4006, then flows to the second medium port 4007through the second cooling sub-chamber 40055, and finally flows out fromthe second medium port 4007.

Alternatively, the first medium port 4006, the first cooling sub-chamber40054, the second cooling sub-chamber 40055, and the second medium port4007 are connected in series to form a medium passage. The coolingmedium circulates in the medium passage to take away the heat of thepower module 10000.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 53 , the first cooling sub-chamber 40054is located above the second cooling sub-chamber 40055, and in someunknown embodiments, the first cooling sub-chamber 40054 and the secondcooling sub-chamber 40055 may also be arranged in the same plane.

Referring to FIG. 44 and FIG. 49 -FIG. 52 , a plurality of fins 40022 isprovided in a chamber of the cooling chamber 4005, the plurality of thefins 40022 has one end connected to the partition plate 40021 and theother end connected to a chamber wall of the cooling chamber 4005, and afin sub-chamber is formed between two adjacent ones of the fins 40022.The cooling medium circulates in the fin sub-chamber to take away theheat of the power module 10000. The fin sub-chamber has a relativelysmall cross-sectional area, which facilitates accelerating of thecooling medium.

Alternatively, the plurality of the fins 40022 are parallel to eachother. Preferably, there is a consistent spacing between two adjacentfins 40022, which leads to a consistent cross-sectional areas ofrespective fin sub-chambers, thereby ensuring a consistent flow rate ofthe cooling medium.

Alternatively, the capacitor 3003 is located on a top or bottom of themounting frame 3000. In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 40-43 , thecapacitor 3003 is located on the top of the mounting frame 3000.

Referring to FIG. 40 -FIG. 43 , the inverter power assembly 20000 canfurther include a first polar plate 3006 and a second polar plate 3007.The first polar plate 3006 and the second polar plate 3007 are arrangedat an end of the power module 10000, and the power module 10000 and thecapacitor 3003 are electrically connected to the first polar plate 3006and the second polar plate 3007. In other words, the first polar plate3006 and the second polar plate 3007 are components that electricallyconnect the power module 10000 with the capacitor 3003, and by providingthe first polar plate 3006 and the second polar plate 3007, an indirectelectrical connection between the power module 10000 and the capacitor3003 is achieved. The first polar plate 3006 may be arranged at a sideof the second polar plate 3007 facing away from the mounting frame 3000.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6 in combination, the power module 10000 has afirst busbar 201 and a second busbar 202, the first busbar 201 iselectrically connected to the first polar plate 3006, and the secondbusbar 202 is electrically connected to the second polar plate 3007.

A first polar piece 30061 is provided on the first polar plate 3006, thefirst polar piece 30061 extends towards the power module 10000, and thefirst polar piece 30061 is adapted to be electrically connected to thefirst busbar 201. A second polar piece 30071 is provided on the secondpolar plate 3007, the second polar piece 30071 extends towards the powermodule 10000, and the second polar piece 30071 is adapted to beelectrically connected to the second busbar 202.

Further, the first busbar 201 has a first busbar adapter end plate 2012,and the first polar piece 30061 and the first busbar adapter end plate2012 are fixedly connected by a first bolt 30062. The second busbar 202has a second busbar adapter end plate 2022, and the second polar piece30071 is fixedly connected to the second busbar adapter end plate 2022by a second bolt 30072.

The inverter power assembly 20000 can further include a first terminalboard 3017 and a second terminal board 3018. The capacitor 3003 has afirst terminal 30031 and a second terminal 30032, the first terminal30031 is adapted to be electrically connected to the first terminalboard 3017, and the second terminal 30032 is adapted to be electricallyconnected to the second terminal board 3018. The first terminal 30031and the second terminal 30032 of the capacitor 3003 are conductiveparts, and other parts of the capacitor 3003 have insulating surfaces,to improve the safety of the capacitor 3003 in use. When the terminal iselectrically connected to a corresponding terminal board, in somealternative embodiments, an end of the terminal can be directly attachedto a conductive part on a surface of the terminal board, so as toachieve the electrical connection between the terminal and thecorresponding terminal board; and in other alternative embodiments, theterminal board may be provided with a terminal hole, the terminal canpass through the terminal hole to be electrically connected to a holewall of the terminal hole, so as to achieve the electrical connectionbetween the terminal and the terminal board. Without doubt, the terminaland the corresponding terminal board can also be connected by a wire.

Further, the first polar plate 3006 is adapted to be electricallyconnected to the first terminal board 3017, and the second polar plate3007 is adapted to be electrically connected to the second terminalboard 3018.

Furthermore, the first terminal board 3017 is electrically connected tothe first polar plate 3006 through the first polar piece 30061, and thesecond terminal board 3018 is electrically connected to the second polarplate 3007 through the second polar piece 30071.

Referring to FIGS. 40-43 , the mounting frame 3000 has a first sidesurface facing the capacitor 3003, and a power module 10000 is providedon the first side surface; the first terminal board 3017 has a firstterminal piece 30171, and the first terminal piece 30171, a first polarpiece 30061 extending towards the first side surface, and a first busbaradapter end plate 2012 on the first side surface are fixedly connectedby the first bolts 30062. The second terminal board 3018 has a secondterminal piece 30181, and the second terminal piece 30181, a secondpolar piece 30071 extending towards the first side surface, and a secondbusbar adapter end plate 2022 on the first side surface are fixedlyconnected by the second bolts 30072.

Further, the mounting frame 3000 has a second side surface facing awayfrom the capacitor 3003, and the power module 10000 is provided on thesecond side surface; the first polar piece 30061 extending towards thesecond side surface is fixedly connected to a first busbar adapter endplate 2012 on the second side surface by the first bolt 30062, and thesecond polar piece 30071 extending towards the second side surface isfixedly connected to a second busbar adapter end plate 2022 of thesecond side surface by the second bolt 30072.

In some unknown embodiments, it is possible that the power module 10000may be provided only on the second side surface, whereas the powermodule 10000 is not provided on the first side surface. In this case,the first terminal piece 30171 is fixedly connected to the first polarpiece 30061 extending towards the first side surface by the first bolt30062. The second terminal board 3018 has a second terminal piece 30181fixedly connected to the second polar piece 30071 extending towards thefirst side surface by a second bolt 30072. The first polar piece 30061extending towards the second side surface is fixedly connected to thefirst busbar adapter end plate 2012 on the second side surface by thefirst bolt 30062. The second polar piece 30071 extending towards thesecond side surface is fixedly connected to the second busbar adapterend plate 2022 on the second side surface by the second bolt 30072.

The substrate 10 of the power module 10000 can be mounted on themounting frame 3000, or the substrate 10 can be a part of the mountingframe 3000.

In the description of this specification, the description with referenceto terms “an embodiment”, “some embodiments”, “examples”, “specificexamples” or “some examples” etc. means that specific features,structures, materials or characteristics described in conjunction withthe embodiments or the examples are included in at least one embodimentor example of the present disclosure. In this specification, schematicrepresentations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the sameembodiment or example. Moreover, the described specific features,structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any one ormore embodiments or examples in a suitable manner. In addition, thoseskilled in the art can join and combine different embodiments orexamples described in this specification.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown anddescribed above, it can be understood that the above embodiments areexemplary and cannot be construed as limiting the present disclosure,and those of ordinary skill in the art can make variations,modifications, substitutions, and modifications to the above embodimentswithin the scope of the present disclosure.

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 37. An inverter power assembly comprising a mountingframe; at least a power module mounted on the mounting frame; and atleast a capacitor electrically connected to the power module; whereinthe mounting frame comprises a mounting underframe and at least onemounting branch-arm vertically arranged on the mounting underframe, andwherein the power module is mounted along the side surface of themounting branch-arm.
 38. The inverter power assembly according to claim37, wherein the mounting branch-arm and the mounting underframe areprovided therein with cooling chambers that are in communication witheach other, and wherein the cooling chambers comprise an underframecooling chamber located in the mounting underframe and a branch-armcooling chamber located in the mounting branch-arm, the branch-armcooling chamber being in communication with the underframe coolingchamber, the mounting underframe is provided with a first medium portand a second medium port that are in communication with the underframecooling chamber, one of the first medium port and the second medium portis a medium inlet, and the other is a medium outlet.
 39. The inverterpower assembly according to claim 38, wherein a partition plate isarranged in the branch-arm cooling chamber, the partition plate dividesthe branch-arm cooling chamber into a branch-arm inlet chamber and abranch-arm outlet chamber, and the partition plate is separated from aninner top wall of the branch-arm cooling chamber, so that the branch-arminlet chamber and the branch-arm outlet chamber are in communicationwith each other at top of the branch-arm cooling chamber, and whereinthe first medium port, the underframe cooling chamber, the branch-arminlet chamber, the branch-arm outlet chamber, and the second medium portare connected in series to form a medium passage.
 40. The inverter powerassembly according to claim 37, wherein the mounting frame furthercomprises a capacitor support element having one end fixed on the top ofthe mounting branch-arm and the opposite end adapted to support thecapacitor.
 41. The inverter power assembly according to claim 37,wherein the mounting frame further comprises a mounting upper-framearranged on top of the mounting branch-arm and adapted to support thecapacitor, and the power module is located along the side surface of thebranch-arm between the mounting upper-frame and the mounting underframe,and wherein the mounting upper-frame, the mounting branch-arm and themounting underframe are provided therein with cooling chambers that arein communication with each other.
 42. The inverter power assemblyaccording to claim 41, wherein the cooling chambers comprise anunderframe cooling chamber located in the mounting underframe, anupper-frame cooling chamber located in the mounting upper-frame, and abranch-arm cooling chamber located in the mounting branch-arm, themounting underframe is provided with a first medium port incommunication with the underframe cooling chamber, the mountingupper-frame is provided with a second medium port in communication withthe upper-frame cooling chamber, one of the first medium port and thesecond medium port is a medium inlet, and the other is a medium outlet,and wherein the second medium port, the upper-frame cooling chamber, thebranch-arm cooling chamber, the underframe cooling chamber, and thefirst medium port are connected in serial to form a medium passage. 43.The inverter power assembly according to claim 37, wherein the mountingunderframe comprises a first underframe and a second underframe, and themounting branch-arm is set up on the first underframe and the secondunderframe, and wherein cooling chambers in communication with eachother are provided in the mounting branch-arm, the first underframe andthe second underframe, the first underframe is provided with a firstmedium port (4006), the second underframe (40012) is provided with asecond medium port, one of the first medium port and the second mediumport is a medium inlet, and the other is a medium outlet.
 44. Aninverter power assembly comprising a mounting frame; a power modulemounted on the mounting frame; and a capacitor electrically connected tothe power module; wherein the mounting frame is configured as a flatmounting frame, and at least one side surface of two reversely arrangedside surfaces of the mounting frame is mounted with the power module,and wherein a cooling chamber is provided in the mounting frame, saidtwo reversely arranged side surfaces are side surfaces having thelargest area of the mounting frame.
 45. The inverter power assemblyaccording to claim 37, wherein one of the mounting frame and the powermodule is provided with a positioning protrusion, and the other isprovided with a positioning recess adapted to position and engaged withthe positioning protrusion.
 46. The inverter power assembly according toclaim 44, wherein the mounting frame comprises a housing, wherein thecooling chamber is formed in the housing, and the housing is providedwith a connecting hole; a fixing member, wherein the fixing member isinstalled in the cooling chamber, and the fixing member is provided witha fixing hole arranged directly opposite to the connecting hole, and theconnecting member is adapted to pass through the connecting hole to fitto the fixing hole in order to fix the power module to the housing. 47.The inverter power assembly according to claim 46, wherein a heatexchange member is provided in the cooling chamber, the heat exchangemember comprises at least one fin, and the at least one fin and thefixing member are arranged in the cooling chamber, the number of thefixing member is at least one, and the at least one fixing member andthe at least one fin are distributed alternatively.
 48. The inverterpower assembly according to claim 44, wherein the housing comprises anupper cover, a lower cover and a side frame, the upper cover and thelower cover are respectively used to close upper and lower ends of theside frame to define the cooling chamber, and the connecting holeincludes an upper connecting hole provided on the upper cover, and alower connecting hole provided on the lower cover.
 49. The inverterpower assembly according to claim 48, wherein the fixing hole isconfigured as a through hole and/or a blind hole penetrating in thethickness direction of the fixing member, the connecting member includesan upper connecting member, and the upper connecting member penetratesthe upper connecting hole and the fixing hole to fix a first powermodule to the housing.
 50. The inverter power assembly according toclaim 48, wherein the connecting member further comprises a lowerconnecting member, and the lower connecting member penetrates the lowerconnecting hole and the fixing hole to fix a second power module to thehousing.
 51. The inverter power assembly according to claim 48, whereinthe fixing hole comprises an upper fixing hole provided on an uppersurface of the fixing member and/ or a lower fixing hole provided on alower surface of the fixing member, and the upper fixing hole and/or thelower fixing hole are configured as blind holes; wherein the connectingmember includes an upper connecting member and/or a lower connectingmember, the upper connecting member penetrates the upper connecting holeand the upper fixing hole to fix a first power module to the housing,and the lower connecting member penetrates the lower connecting hole andthe lower fixing hole to fix a second power module to the housing. 52.The inverter power assembly according to claim 48, wherein an outer sidewall of the side frame is provided with a first medium port and a secondmedium port, one of the first medium port and the second medium port isa medium inlet and the other one is a medium outlet, two ends of thefixing member are spaced apart from an inner side wall of the sideframe, and the heat exchange member is formed therein a heat exchangeflow channel communicating from the first medium port to the secondmedium port.
 53. The inverter power assembly according to claim 44,wherein a partition plate is provided in a chamber of the coolingchamber, the partition plate divides the cooling chamber into a firstcooling sub-chamber and a second cooling sub-chamber, and the partitionplate is separated from another inner side wall of the cooling chamber,so that the first cooling sub-chamber and the second cooling sub-chamberare in communication with each other at a side of the cooling chamber,and wherein the mounting frame is provided with a first medium port incommunication with the first cooling sub-chamber and a second mediumport in communication with the second cooling sub-chamber, one of thefirst medium port and the second medium port is a medium inlet, and theother is a medium outlet.
 54. The inverter power assembly according toclaim 53, wherein the first medium port, the first cooling sub-chamber,the second cooling sub-chamber, and the second medium port are connectedin serials to form a medium passage.
 55. The inverter power assemblyaccording to claim 37, further comprising a first polar plate and asecond polar plate, the first polar plate and the second polar plate arearranged at an end of the power module, and both the power module andthe capacitor are electrically connected to the first polar plate andthe second polar plate, and wherein the power module has a first busbarand a second busbar, the first busbar is electrically connected to thefirst polar plate, and the second busbar is electrically connected tothe second polar plate.
 56. The inverter power assembly according toclaim 37, wherein the power module comprises: a substrate, wherein afirst side of the substrate has a first side surface, and the substrateis mounted on the mounting frame or is a part of the mounting frame; atablet structure located at the first side of the substrate; a pluralityof stacked busbars, the stacked busbars are parallel to the first sideof the substrate; and a power structure pressed against the first sidesurface by the tablet structure and having a plurality of pins eachconnected to a corresponding busbar and electrically insulated from theremaining busbars.